Early Childhood Education and Care - Assignment
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Early Childhood Education and Care - Assignment
Added on 2021-05-30
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Running Head: EARLY CHILDHOOD 1Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogical ApproachesInstitutionName
Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogical ApproachesSummary of the InterviewThe interviewee was an early childhood practitioner who has a 7 year experience inteaching Kindergarten at a school in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Apart from the vast experience, therespondent has a Masters of Education in cross-cultural education. Additionally, she possesses ateaching certification license that permits her to teach not only early childhood education but alsoup to grade 6. Notably, the interviewee was very cooperative, making the discussion interestingand informative as she shared her views on aspects such as planning for early learners,implementing an inclusive curriculum, conducting learner observations, record keeping, andissues encountered in the process. According to the practitioner, the early childhood education curriculum can be shapedand designed to support learning and development among children. As a teacher, she utilizes thecurriculum to plan activities for her learners. Fundamentally, she aims at differentiating variousactivities to suit the specific needs of her learners by grouping them into groups according totheir ability level. In addition, the practitioner undertakes short-term, medium term and long termplanning for the early learners and report on the observations. Mainly, she achieves this bykeeping a journal for each of her students so that she can track their work and determine theirprogress. Through these observations, she is able to determine her planning for each pupil. In addition, the practitioner reveals that she actively plans and implements thecurriculum. Normally, she spends about 2 to 4 hours every week planning for the learningactivities of the following week. During this time, the teacher plans for activities for their ability-based groups of learners using predetermined outcomes to set goals and plan for the learning
activities. Mainly, the planning is based on a particular theme and fun activities to engage theearly childhood learners. Apart from planning, the practitioner conducts childhood observations in the classroom.According to the teacher, she conducts learner observations during every classroom lesson. Inturn, this allows her to make informed decisions on how to handle different kinds of children’sbehavior and their learning capabilities throughout the learning process. Furthermore, sheconducts formal and informal assessments to determine the progress of the children in theclassroom. For the formal assessment, ADEK is administered thrice a year to measure thestudents’ ability to count, recognize numbers and identify sounds. On the other hand, theinformal assessment involves asking questions during each lesson to determine if theyunderstand what is being taught. Furthermore, the early grade teacher reveals that she maintains up-to-date records of herstudents. Particularly, this is done using the Continuous Assessment Binders in which thepractitioners grade and record notes regarding individual students. According to her, this is agreat way of tracking the learners’ progress and keep records of their achievements.Additionally, it helps to highlight the areas that these young learners need to improve and howthe teacher may help them achieve the improvement. Lastly, the practitioner reveals that there are issues that they encounter during theirteaching profession as early childhood educators. One major challenge that the teacher highlightsis the issue of managing heavy workloads as a KG teacher. For instance, English teachers at herinstitutions are required to teach at least two classes. As a result, there is a lot of work loadamounting from lots of planning, organization, time management and hard work.
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