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The Historical Antecedents of Early Childhood Education

Themes of Early Childhood Education Three themes have dominated the history of early childhood education in the United States. The first has been the expectation that schooling for the young will lead to social reform. Early childhood education programs have sought this through direct intervention--home visits by teachers, parents' meetings, health services --or, more indirectly, through the transferal of what the child learns in school to the home. In both cases, family and neighborhood child-rearing practices are expected to change. In longerrange terms, early schooling is designed to enhance social mobility by laying the foundation for later school success. Children are taught proper behavior norms and are exposed to a wider range of social experiences than could be obtained outside the classroom. Because early childhood education has thus emphasized its potential impact on the social structure, it has frequently focused much of its attention on the poor.