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Why Daycare?
Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
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Why Daycare?
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1. What are the social roots of
daycare?
2. What is the developmental
history of daycare?
3. What needs does daycare
meet?
4. What are the societal
missions of daycare?
5. What are the societal needs
of daycare for the New
Millennium?
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1. The Roots of Daycare
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Historically, there have been 2 roots:
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How have the roots grown?
What is the
developmental
history of
daycare?
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1762 Philosopher Jean-Jacques Roussueau
states that a child's mode of thinking is different
than an adult and they learn though hands-on
experience.
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1873 First public school kindergarten started in
St. Louis.
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1964 Head Start is funded by the Economic
Opportunities Act.
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1985 National Academy of Early Childhood
Programs is established by NAEYC for voluntary
accreditation of center based programs.
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1900 20% of women in the workforce, but under
social pressure to remain at home.
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1950 more than 35.7% of women are in the
workforce. Child care is viewed as harmful to
children yet nursery schools used by the affluent
is viewed as providing positive enrichment
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What needs does daycare meet?
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Shelter
Food / Nutrition
Basic care
Supervision
Education
Societal Missions
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Societal Missions
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The Next Challenge
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Social Integration
on a
Global Scale
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How do others prepare
for the global community?
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Preparing children for the global community
Race:
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Culture:
the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious or social group
Language:
the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them, used and understood by a community
Lifestyle:
the typical way of life of an individual, group or culture
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