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ECE 3 Standard 06
ECE3-06 Changing Families and Diversity
Term | Definition |
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Role of the Family | The unit of society that provides emotional and physical support to all members, especially children. |
Nuclear Family | Two parents who are married to each other and share children who are either biological or adopted. |
Single Parent Family | One parent living in the primary residence and providing physical and emotional support to a child or children. |
Extended Family | Multi generations living in a home together. Sometimes grandparents as primary caregivers of children, or adult children primary caregivers of elderly parents. |
Step Family | Families in which there is at least one remarriage and children may be from one or both previous marriages or from the current relationship. |
Family | Any collection of people who are indelibly connected and committed to each other. Not always biologically related. |
Types of communication with families | Verbal, conference, newsletter, email, blog, telephone, etc. All must be careful, intentional and professional |
Culture in the classroom | Teachers intentionally bringing culturally significant knowledge into the classroom |
Use of home language | Teachers allowing and encouraging use of home languages (if not english) in the classroom |
English Proficiency (ESL) | Teachers of students whose primary language is not english, to learn to use english for success in the classroom |