Early Childhood Education and Care - Assignment PDF

Running head: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Early Childhood Education
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION1
Introduction
Early Childhood Education (ECE) refers to branch of the educational theory that is
related to the teaching of children – from their birth till age of eight. It came into existence at the
time of Enlightenment in the European countries that have high literacy rate. The landscape of
Early Childhood Education within Singapore has exhibited positive developments in that of last
decade (Davis & Elliott, 2014). The far reaching changes in relation to ECE took place after
plans were released by Ministry of Education (MOE). It helped in improving overall quality of
early education in Singapore (Nutbrown & Clough, 2014). This essay discusses how early
childhood education in Singapore has changed in the recent times. It also talks about the factors
that have led to the changes in the educational landscape in relation to ECE in Singapore.
Change in Educational Landscape in Singapore
ECE in Singapore has changed in the recent age. Pre-school pedagogy lays importance on
the aspect of holistic education and it is accepted in the present age that the emotional
development of the children is equally important as that of the academic growth (Wright, 2015).
The landscape pertaining to ECE has changed as it believes in the fact that firm foundation
pertaining to learning can help the confident entry of the little children into the primary school.
In the year 2009, MOE has reported about reduction in percentage of the children who were
entering the Primary stage without any kind of pre-school education from that of 4 % to that of
2.5 %.
Pre School Accreditation Framework
ECE within Singapore has changed because of the launching of The Singapore Preschool
Accreditation Framework (SPARK) that has encouraged the preschool providers in striving for