Colloquium (03-07)
Concerns of universal Transitional Kindergarten
- onboarding: discontinuity - how do we bridge social cutlure environment to a standardized environment
- How do we provide individualized attention: 4 year old need help with self-regulation - irrational to put 25 of them in a classroom with a teacher
- behavior based: experiment in Maryland where teachers visit student at home prior to visiting
- How do we provide contuinity of care?
- Teacher have implicit baised and we are extending that bias to an even younger age.
- How do we bridge the secregation between preschool and elementary school. The change is jarring. preschool - warmth, care fun. “preschool know alot about child before they come in”. elementary school is academic focused.