scholarly journals Multimodality in Early Childhood Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Kelsey Crane-Deklerk
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Appropriate Practices

The purpose of this paper is to explore the uses of multimodality within early childhood education classrooms for the purposes of literacy education. Wohlwend (2008) urges educators to keep age-appropriate practices in place, even amid a shift in educational requirements and expectations. In this paper, the use of age-appropriate, multimodal practices for young learners is explored. Though there is not necessarily research specific to multimodality in early childhood, the literature shows that multimodality is present in forms of play; the use of toys, devices, and technology; drama; and social interactions. Through these modality-rich avenues, literacy development can still be achieved through engaging structures for children. Multimodality creates opportunities to position the student as the expert in their own learning and create collaborative learning environments. Potential issues with these uses of multimodality include conflicts around devices in the classroom and negative social interactions. Additional research is needed to connect the fields of multimodality and early childhood education.

Early Childhood Corner: Multiage Mathematics: Scaffolding Young Children's Mathematical Learning

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Ann Baker ◽  
Kimberly Schirner ◽  
Jo Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Primary Grade ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Mathematical Learning ◽  
Early Mathematics ◽  
Multiage Classrooms ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Young Learners

Exploration, inquiry, manipulation, discussion, and discovery all come to mind when we envision young children involved in mathematical activities. Early childhood education engages students in an exploratory journey from birth through age 9 in empirical mathematical concepts. The focus of early mathematics is to develop a strong foundation of the requisite skills and concepts throughout NCTM's five Content Standard strands (NCTM 2000). The wide ranges of abilities and understandings of mathematical concepts in early childhood classrooms challenge teachers to meet all students' intellectual needs. In this article, teachers of primary-grade multiage classrooms describe how they used scaffolding to capitalize on the wide ranges of abilities and met their students' needs by providing opportunities for their young learners to work together to understand mathematical concepts.

scholarly journals Rebo nyunda: Is it decolonising early childhood education in Bandung, Indonesia?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Hani Yulindrasari ◽  
Heny Djoehaeni
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
West Java ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Appropriate Practices

Abstract Since 2012, Indonesia has been obsessed with the notion of melestarikan budaya lokal (preserving local culture) as part of Indonesian Cultures. In West Java, Indonesia, the cultural revitalisation program is called “Rebo Nyunda”. Rebo means Wednesday; nyunda means being Sundanese. Sunda is the dominant ethnic group in West Java and the second largest ethnic group in Indonesia. Childhood often becomes a site for implanting ideologies, including nationalist ideology through the rhetoric of anti-West. Rebo Nyunda is expected to be able to shape future generations with strong cultural roots and unshaken by negative foreign ideas. Using focus group discussions this paper investigates the extent to which teachers understand Rebo Nyunda as a mean of cultural resistance to foreign forces amid the wholesale adoption of early childhood education doctrines from the West, such as the internationalisation of early childhood education, developmentally appropriate practices, neuroscience for young children, child-centred discourse, economic investment and the commercialisation of childhood education. This paper examines the complexity of and contradictions in teachers’ perceptions of Rebo Nyunda in Bandung, a city considered a melting pot of various ethnic groups in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Space speaks: A portrait of an early childhood centre and the affordances provided by the learning environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Katrina McChesney ◽  
Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

The quality of early childhood education and care fundamentally depends on teachers’ wise practice. However, the environments in which that education and care occur can influence, inform, and shape teachers’ practice, and children’s and families’ experiences. This article draws on a written “portrait” of the learning environment created at one New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) centre, capturing both physical and non-physical aspects of the environment and highlighting the affordances the environment offered to children and families/whānau. A Reggio Emilia lens is used to inform analysis of the learning environment and the associated affordances. The portrait (McChesney, 2020) and this article may support practitioners by providing a vision of what can be in terms of early childhood learning environments, and by providing a possible framework for self-review and inquiry.

Educator licensure overlap in the early grades: Why it occurs, why it matters, and what to do about it

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
R. Clarke Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Appropriate Practices ◽  
Educational Importance

In the United States, 48 states have recognized the educational importance of the early years by awarding stand-alone early childhood education (ECE) licenses that require specialized training in teaching young children. Yet, at the same time, teachers with elementary education (ELED) licenses are allowed to teach kindergarten in 34 states and 1st through 3 rd grade in more than 45 states. This means that teachers may be licensed to teach young children without receiving specialized early childhood training. R. Clarke Fowler explores the extent of the licensure overlap, the reasons for it, and the effects it has on early childhood education. He recommends moving toward a preK-3 license that requires teachers to learn developmentally appropriate practices for the education of young children.

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