Early Childhood Education: PDF
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Introduction Curricula are the defined set of documents that specify the sequence and scope of gradedsubjects and areas of studies available within the education systemDeveloping a critical perspective helps in guiding educational policy reforms andchanges in practice (Blundell 2012)Early years education focuses on teaching of children aged up to eight years (Blyth 2017)The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) England encompasses a set ofLearning andDevelopment Requirements and a set of Welfare Requirementsthat are to be followed byeducation providers to educate children at the age of compulsory education in the countryThe Montessori program proposed by Maria Montessori is a revolutionary child-centerededucation model developed in the early twentieth centuryConstruction and development of two curricula regarding political, economic and socialcontext EYFS-The EYFS had been introduced in the year 2008 that acts as the basis for learning anddevelopment of children in the UK up to the age of five yearsThe basis of the framework is the key insights drawn from Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project, Infant Life Protection Act 1871 and the Prevention ofCruelty to Children Act 1889 Nutbrown and Clough 2014). The EYFS had been developed against the context of economic crisis of the late 2000sthat was linked with rise in expenditure on childcare, and other social investment, andseveral cuts to budgets affecting support for childcare
The political choice after the economic crisis was more directed towards stimulus andausterity, implying that rapid policy changes regarding early childhood education wereconsidered during that period (Lewis and West 2016)The economic crisis in UK had restricted the scope for investing in childhood education(Lewis and West 2016)The social context of development of EYFS was the realization that children could makebetter progress when education and care are integrated in a setting that considers equalweight on social and educational development (The Early Years Foundation StageReview 2011). Montessori-Maria Montessori developed the Montessori program in 1929 (Mead 2018)First woman graduate from medical school in Italy who went on to open the Casa deiBambini (Children's House)Maria was from Italy where significant economic, social and political changes were beingwitnessed in the early twentieth centuryMaria considered developing the program was to provide education to children coming infrom low-income background in RomeThe initiative was taken in a male dominated environment (Montessori 2013)The social context of the program was that Maria acknowledged the need of developingunique and effective program with the focus on providing education to each child on thebasis of the development stage the child is at (Montessori 2013)Key elements, concepts, theories and characteristics of two curricula
EYFS-The key elements of EYFS are-Learning and development- how children develop and learn and the manner in whicheducators can be supported and assessedWelfare- how children can be kept safe from harm and ensured that they are providedwith a safe and suitable environment (Hedges, Cullen and Jordan 2011).Six areas of learning that the EYFS outlined to be followed by the practitioners werePersonal, social and emotional developmentCommunication, language and literacyProblem solving, reasoning and numeracyKnowledge and understanding of the worldPhysical developmentCreative development (Ang 2014)The main concept of EYFS is that it does not put forward any requirement forpractitioners to utilise specific approaches that can support young children’s development andlearning (Roberts-Holmes 2012)Educators and children are to work together for clarifying a concept, solving a problem,and expressing opinions for developing narrativesThe EYFS is not based on a distinct theory of learning; instead it has been developed bythe UK government on the basis of research findings one example of which is the EffectiveProvision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project (Sammons et al. 2014)The key characteristic of EYFS is that it is designed for helping all children fulfill theirpotential and identify those needing addition support
Practitioners are to create a synopsis at the end of the academic year regarding child’development (Silberfield and Horsley 2013)Montessori-The key element of the Montessori curriculum is that there are five areas of learning-Practical lifeSensorialMathematicsLanguageCultureThe concept that Maria had for starting the Montessori program is that children are to beprovided with innovative learning framework incorporating particular learning outcomes andknowledge skills as per the developmental needs of the childrenMontessori had been strongly influenced by Fredrich Froebel who inventedofkindergarten, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi who supported children learning throughactivity (Montessori 2013)The Montessori Theory is an approach where the key principles are independence,Observation, Following the Child, Correcting the Child, Prepared Environment and AbsorbentMind (Miller and Pound 2011)According to Montessori, each child is at a certain stage associated with physical andmental changes. The stages are as follows-Birth to 6 years (subdivided into 0-3 years; 3-6 years) - an absorbent mind6-12 years (subdivided into 6-9 years; 9-12 years) - a conscious mind 12- 18 years (subdivided into 12- 15 years; 15- 18 years) – abstract thinking (Feez 2010)
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