can promote learning Natasha J Cabrera University of Maryland Todays presentation Children spend their day home and school Parents and teachers are central to child development and to societys longterm investment in children ID: 613868
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Science of learning: How parents and teachers can promote learning
Natasha J. Cabrera
University of MarylandSlide2
Today’s presentation
Children spend their day: home and school
Parents and teachers are
central to child development and to society’s long-term investment in children
fundamentally committed to children’s survival, socialization, and educationSlide3
I want to focus on 3 points:
Quality
of early home experiences
Home learning
Mothers, fathers,
and teachersSlide4
Children’s early learning experiences at home are keySlide5
Family functioning
Families are
systems: e
veryone
affects everybody
Support
/agreement, conflict
Parents’ mental
health
Parenting stress Slide6
Home LearningSlide7
Children learn in HOMES that…
a
re safe, have nutritious food, are orderly, and loving and warm
have resources:
educational toys/books, stimulating experiences
a
re characterized by routines/practices:
Bedtime,
eating,
literacy: reading, telling stories, singing songs
TALK
TALK TALKSlide8
Mothers, fathers, and teachersSlide9
Mothers and fathers
Sensitive, emotionally available, loving parenting (and teachers)
Parenting practices
ready
to succeed in school
Regulated
social skills and
language and math skills Slide10
Fathers make a unique difference:
Are linguistically challenging
S
upport mothers
E
ncourage
children to
take smart risks
Help
children
to self
-regulate
during play Slide11
Teachers
Group reading is not as effective
QUALITY of reading
fosters
CHILDREN’S INTEREST and motivation
Support children’s second language
Promote MATH TALK, board gamesSlide12
What do we know?Slide13
Take mental health seriously
Depressed parents are more punitive
and less
supportive
Stressed parents are less effective
Parents’ social
support can cope
with stress in positive waysSlide14
Relationships matter
Quality of relationships matter
Children do not come empty handed
Children who are motivated and interested in learning do best at school
Teaching children social justice and kindnessSlide15
THANK YOUSlide16
What can we do?Slide17
Children’s caregivers
Mental health:
Offer support and counseling to fathers, mothers, and teachers”
Find
out what are the sources of stress
Nurture parent-teacher relationships
Parents and teachers ALONE cannot do –it’s a SYSTEMIC issueSlide18
Identify strengths
Support families:
Parent-child interactions; family cohesion
Beliefs and values: respect, education, work hard,
Support and promote strong communities
Early child care centers;
Promote bilingualism
strong inhibitory and narrative skills:
Bi-social skills
learn social norms of cultural groupsSlide19
Families
Provide resources, n
urturance
and
support
Promotes the development of life skills
Maintain
and
manage the
family system