Harry Gracey's Observation Of A Kindergarten Classroom Daily Routine

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In this article, Harry Gracey made observations of a kindergarten classroom daily routine. Gracey implied that kindergarten is like boot camp for the entire educational system. It’s geared toward teaching children about learning rules, guidelines, and procedures that they would be expected to follow throughout their academic careers. Students are instructed to appropriately conduct themselves behaviorally and attitudinal for the “student role”, which, Gracey argues is to follow classroom procedures. This article indicates that a rigid social structure in the classroom, a way to successfully control and monitor the kid’s behaviors (Gracey 8).
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