The positive attributes were discussed now I will discuss the issues. I will explain why standards can produce issues for young children.
The following are con’s for standards within early childhood education:
1) When educators utilize the standards as their only teaching tool. They do not incorporate developmentally appropriate practices or address the individual needs of the children.
2) When educators only teach to the standards the children are not receiving the instruction by which the standards were designed.
3) Teachers have been known to feel overwhelmed by standards due to their lack of training.
4) I believe that when educators are not provided proper training on how the standards should be incorporated with developmentally appropriate practices is when problems tend to occur.
5) Standards alone can lead to teachers providing unnecessary testing for young children (Gronlund, 2006).
6) The problem with standards in early childhood education arises when other factors are not considered such as brain development and their individual needs are not addressed.
Reference
Gronlund, G. (2006). Making early learning standards come alive: Connecting your practice and curriculum to state guidelines. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.