Pedagogical Leadership & Early Childhood

This assignment delves into the principles of pedagogical leadership within the context of early childhood education. It involves analyzing various sources such as scholarly articles, case studies, and videos focusing on topics like technology integration, student engagement, and national quality standards for early childhood education. Students are required to critically evaluate these sources, reflect on their own understanding of pedagogical leadership, and propose practical implications for their role as leaders in early childhood settings.

Reading analyses 3: Introduction to Pedagogical Leadership Reading Analysis
Name: Week: 5
Bibliographic details (include full details – author, year, title, publisher) formatted in APA
Arthur, L., et al. (2015). Curriculum approaches and pedagogies. In Programming and planning in early childhood settings (6th ed., pp. 207-
256).
 Manning Gardens public school preschool. (2012). Case studies – engaged teachers, engaged students. Darlinghurst, Sydney.
 PSP and Equity. (2012). Manning Gardens Public School - Children talk about their preschool experiences [Video file].
 PSP and Equity. (2012). Manning Gardens Public School - How do you engage students in their learning? [Video file].
 PSP and Equity. (2012). Manning Gardens Public School - How does the teacher engage your child in his learning? [Video file].
 PSP and Equity. (2012). Manning Gardens Public School - What do you understand by student engagement? [Video file].
Analysis: What are the key ideas?
i) The scholar has stringently focused on the implementation of technology in providing better quality of education to the children. The concept
such as BYOD (Bring your own device), would provide ample opportunity to both the educators and the learners with a platform to develop
cognitive thought process
ii) A reciprocal engagement has been taken into certain consideration pertaining to the effective understanding of the casual approach of the
teachers in the classrooms.
iii) The case study focuses on the cognitive development of the children that their overall development depends on the entire conceptualization of
the entire case.
iv) The video provides an idea pertaining to the effective orientation with the family so as to acquaint them with the overall developing process of
the learners

Reflection: How do these ideas relate to what I already know? How
have my ideas been extended, challenged, or changed?
From the bibliographical works, it can be stated that this has to be taken into
consideration that the parents would play an important role in the cognitive
development of the children. The teachers in this context need to create
solidarity in the role of leadership pertaining to the effective leadership
quality that has to be linked with the psychological consideration of how the
children are dealt with in the class room.
Implications for practice: What are the practical implications for my
role as a pedagogical leader?
My practical implementation in the context would be a consolidated process
with the intervention of the parents. Since a child stays mostly at home, the
behavioural pattern of the parents towards the children would be significant.
This is how the parental care plays an important role in the academic and
non-academic growth of the child learners.

Reading analyses 4: Introduction to Pedagogical Leadership Reading Analysis
Name: Week: 7
Bibliographic details (include full details – author, year, title, publisher) formatted in APA
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2011). Guide to the national quality standard (pp 47- 82).
 Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2011). National professional standards for teachers.
 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace. (2009). Learning outcomes for children birth to 5 years. In Belonging,
being & becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia (pp. 19-47).
Analysis: What are the key ideas?
i) This paper provides a standard guideline to the educators at their early stage. It also provides a standard parameter of the procedure to
provide education to the children
ii) The Australian Professional Standards for teachers provides comprehensive guidelines for the teachers in every sphere beginning from the
early childhood level to the graduate level.
iii) The government of Australia has provided stringent guidelines to the teaching professionals in terms of managing the quality of comprehensive
idea pertaining to the effective consideration of the learners and their psychological development. With the help of profound research of the
children at their early years of development and to teach them effectively pertaining to the effective understanding of the issues this has been
taken into certain consideration pertaining to the effective understanding of how to grow interest among the children for a specific subject in a
class room, the department of education has initiated to find out the basic understanding of the process in terms of creating an important
thought process for the teachers.

Reflection: How do these ideas relate to what I already know? How
have my ideas been extended, challenged, or changed?
This paper is going to describe a serious consideration of how the educators
should adhere to the national framework pertaining to the provision of better
education and learning to the students at different ages. Following these
standards, the educational leaders are supposed to respect the national
curriculum as that has been developed through gradual research on child
psychology and acceptance level. These ideas are closely related to the
organizational and personal leadership level that can be developed through
certain understanding of the framework.
Implications for practice: What are the practical implications for my
role as a pedagogical leader?
So far I am concerned about the provided national framework of the learning
and educating process, I personally believe that proper incorporation of the
national curriculum would be helping me develop my own leadership
qualities that would address greater number of the students as well the
working staffs in an academic organization.