scholarly journals The dilemma of instructional language in education: The case of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-448
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational System ◽  
International Schools ◽  
Victor Hugo ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Education In Ghana

Abstract According to Victor Hugo (1802–1885), “He who opens a school door, closes a prison”. This powerful statement demonstrates the importance of school in the development of a nation and the lives of individuals. It has been proven that the language used in early childhood education has an impact on the cognitive development and learning achievement of children in their educational arena. Most countries in Africa are still discussing the language to be used as a medium of instruction in their educational system. Ghana, which is known as a multilingual society with over 80 languages is not excluded from this controversy. The language policy of education in Ghana has had a complex history since the colonial era. The question of international schools in Ghana is critically examined; most of these schools do not teach any of the Ghanaian languages, but a foreign language. Ghana, however, has been a strong advocate of the so-called African personality and the use of English as the medium of instruction is in overt opposition to this ideology. The argument about which language to be used as a medium of instruction in Ghanaian Schools has been going on for a long time without coming to a specific conclusion.

Development of Linguistic Abilities in Bilingual Education Through Musical Stories

2019 ◽  
pp. 575-587
Author(s):  
Adela González Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Music Literature ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
New Methodologies

Bilingual education at the earlier stages of education is one of the main concerns of current governments and educative policies. This is resulting in the proliferation of new methodologies and educative proposals in order to obtain the best possible results. However, most of the time, teachers and educators focus on teaching linguistic elements in isolation. The aim of this chapter is to propose the use of musical tales in bilingual education in early childhood education as a tool for teachers and students to learn to communicate fluently in the foreign language. The use of music, literature, and drama in the same activity makes the perfect combination to help children learn a new language, since it improves aspects like vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and the communicative compentence in general.

scholarly journals Children Behavior in The Classroom of Early Childhood Education in Yogyakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Ratna Dewi Nur'aini
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Child Behaviors ◽  
Central System ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Activity Setting ◽  
Long Time

Every child has uniqueness includes the habit in the room, and how to respond to the setting of space. The child's movement in space is related to space and time. Different child behaviors will produce different responses to the space and time. Early childhood education is a basic early childhood to determine the development of children in the future. The objective of this research is to find out early childhood behavior in class settings and factors that influence it. The location of this research is PAUD Ratnaningsih in Yogyakarta, on main role central class. Technique of data collection was done by observation and interview. Method of observation is behavioral mapping focused on children motion. This is to describe the motion of children on the map, to identify the type and frequency of motion and to indicate the relation of motion to the class setting, using the place centered mapping method. The results of this study indicate that the class setting in PAUD Ratnaningsih using a central system that every central consist of activity settings by moving system. Early childhood cannot stay for long time in every activity setting because feel bored, frequently move to other positions. Children cannot focus in long time, behave aimlessly. External factors affect the child's behavior such as elements of space, role of teacher, and the design of activity setting.

scholarly journals STEAM education: An opportunity to transcend gender and disciplinary norms in early childhood?

2021 ◽  
pp. 146394912110514
Author(s):  
Sofie Areljung ◽  
Anna Günther-Hanssen
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
The World ◽  
And Mathematics

STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education is currently gaining ground in many parts of the world, particularly in higher stages of the educational system. Foreseeing a development of STEAM policy and research also in the early years, this colloquium seeks to bring questions of gendering processes to the table. The authors aspire to prevent the development of a gender-blind STEAM discourse for early childhood education. Instead, they encourage practitioners and researchers to make use of STEAM education to recognise and transcend gendered norms connected to children’s being and learning in the arts, STEM and STEAM.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Architectural Features and Physical Environment in Early Childhood Education Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-342
Author(s):  
Shirin Izadpanah ◽  
Poupak Parvaresh ◽  
Yaren Şekerci
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Site Analysis ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Many initial childhood settings worldwide have started to create an environment and educational system that would increase the children’s environmental awareness and the ways to minimize it. A newly built ecological kindergarten in Antalya, Turkey, has adopted an educational system in which children are getting involved with nature in most of their daily routines. This study intended to learn if the physical environment of the declared setting responds to the early childhood environmental education work frame. Accordingly, the study has adopted “Guidelines for Excellence, Early Childhood Environmental Education Programs’’ as the primary resource for an evaluation checklist. Data collection is conducted via an in-depth site analysis, as well as the questionnaire survey of teachers and parents regarding their perception of the kindergarten’s physical environment. The results showed that the physical environment of the kindergarten does not meet the requirements of the early education environmental framework. This study underlines the importance of profound research studies that analyze the architectural features of an early environmental education setting and the ways improving its physical attributes may promote the children environmental education. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091657 Full Text: PDF

scholarly journals Konduktismo eta konstruktibismotik abiatuz Haur Hezkuntzako ikasgeletako praktika hezigarrien azterketa

2020 ◽  
pp. 151-178
Author(s):  
Ana Carbajo Diaz ◽  
Nahia Idoiaga Mondragon ◽  
Maitane Belasko Txertudi
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Spiral Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Type Of School

Behaviorism and constructivism continue to be the basis of current educational methodologies, despite being commonplace in the first decades of the twentieth century. In fact, one of the contemporary challenges of the educational system is based on strengthening constructivism in the classroom, which would allow students to become responsible for their educational process and build their knowledge. The aim of this paper will be to analyse which educational techniques are the most used among early childhood education teachers and on which methodological currents they are mostly based. It will also take into account whether the type of school in which teachers work and their years of experience affect the use of those techniques. To this end, an ad hoc questionnaire was sent to 117 active teachers. The results indicated that, although the use of punishments is lower, the level of use of reinforcements and constructivist resources (above all, the scaffolding, the spiral curriculum, and starting from the interest of the students) is high. Consequently, it is necessary to reflect on the effect of over-justification, together with continuing to promote constructivist models and resources.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Berbasis Kearifan Lokal Pada Suku Melayu Sambas

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Bayu Suratman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Child Character

AbstrakFokus artikel ini mendeskripsikan pendidikan anak usia dini dalam keluarga Melayu  kabupaten Sambas yang berbasis kearifan lokal. Kearifan lokal mendidik anak dalam masyarakat Melayu Sambas diantaranya: Pendidikan melalui cerita rakyat, pendidikan karakter anak melalui pantang larang, dan mendidik anak melalui lingkungan alam. Pendidikan anak usia dini berbasis kearifan lokal dalam keluarga Melayu Sambas sudah berlangsung lama dan secara turun-menurun dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Artikel ini ditulis secara deskriptif, berangkat dari riset kualitatif yang penulis lakukan, berdasarkan pengamatan dan wawancara mendalam pada masyarakat Melayu Sambas.Kata Kunci: Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, Kearifan Lokal, Melayu SambasAbstractThe Focus of the article describes early childhood education in the families Malay of the  Sambas Which is based on local wisdom.  Local wisdom educating children in Sambas  Malay communities includes: Education through folklore, child character education through pantang larang, and  educating children through the natural environment. Early childhood education based on local wisdom in Sambas Malay families has been going on for a long time and has been descreasing in daily life. This article was written descriptively, departing from qualitative research that the author did, based on observations and indepth interviews with Sambas Malay people.Keywords: Early childhood education, local wisdom, Sambas Malay  

scholarly journals ENGLISH INSTRUCTION FOR EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY AT TK RIYADUL JANNAH SIMO BOYOLALI CENTRAL JAVA YEAR 2016)

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Win Listyaningrum Arifin
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Perceptual Skills ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Young Students

Kindergarten children are creative, resourceful, and imaginative. During the kindergarten years, the children’s perceptual skills can be sharpened by encouraging them to observe specific aspects of their environment. In line with the need of English as the international and the most spoken language, English subject is being taught to students from elementary to university level, or even to kindergarten. The consideration is that English should be taught very early as the students will easily absorb the English materials later on. However, kindergarten teachers in Indonesia are actually not the experts of the field. There are still limited graduated teachers majoring in kindergarten or early childhood education department. Promoting an effective learning can only be well done by teachers who are qualified enough. In addition, there is no best method in teaching such a foreign language to these young students. To sum up, teaching a foreign language to very young students who are living in and accustomed to the first language is a challenging task for the kindergarten teachers.

scholarly journals Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada Anak Usia Dini di Kec Sukolilo Surabaya

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Andini Dwi Arumsari ◽  
Bustomi Arifin ◽  
Zulidyana Dwi Rusnalasari
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
English Language ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Learning English

<p>English has been used as a language of communication since early childhood. These demands make parents vying to include their children to schools that use English as a medium of language in learning. Learning English as a foreign language in Indonesia began to reach the level of early childhood education. Children aged 0-6 years which is a golden age (golden age) and is a critical period in the stage of human life that will determine the development of the next child. All aspects of language use should be introduced to the child before this golden age ends. English on the AUD has begun to be introduced at the kindergarten level. In learning English requires appropriate learning methods to increase interest and desire of students in using English in learning activities that are fun and interested students, both oral and written fluently and in accordance with its social context. This research seeks to gain knowledge about early childhood education related to English language learning in kindergarten education in Sukolilo sub-district of Surabaya city. Data collection techniques were conducted by interviews to obtain verbal information directly. From the total number of 57 kindergartens in Sukolilo sub-district, there are 28 kindergarten that become the research place. From the data obtained, as many as 28 kindergarten who became the subject of research has provided learning English during the learning proces.</p>

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