scholarly journals Math Skills Prioritised in the Evaluation of Early Childhood Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 115-132
Author(s):  
Crislaine De Anunciação Roveda ◽  
Cristina Cavalli Bertolucci ◽  
João Alberto Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Math Skills ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
Documentary Analysis

This study deals with the matter of evaluation in early childhood education concerning mathematical knowledge. It aims to identify which skills are prioritised in the evaluation of preschool classes from a public school. The methodological design is the Case Study, and it is based on the documentary analysis. Fifty-two descriptive evaluation documents elaborated by eight teachers were analysed, taking into account the objectives provided by the Brazilian National Curriculum for Early Childhood Education. The data indicate that most of the mathematical skills related to “Number and Numbering System”, “Greatness and Measures” and “Space and Shape” are evaluated and recorded in the documents. It is noteworthy the absence of references to the notions of successor and predecessor, comparison of numeric writings, the monetary system, and bi and three-dimensional representations of objects.

scholarly journals Religious Festivals in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: A Norwegian Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kari Krogstad
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Religious Festivals ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The Ideal

This paper investigates how teachers at Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions interpret the national curriculum’s mandate that children should learn about religion and religious festivals. The results from an empirical study conducted in one religiously diverse ECEC, which is attended by children from both Christian and Muslim families, serve as the context for this analysis. The study identifies discrepancies between the ideal provided by the national curriculum and the reality described by teachers and parents. In the case of the ECEC studied, religion as such causes uneasiness among the teachers. As a result, Christian festivities focus more on traditions than religion, and Muslim holidays are ignored. Parents are largely uninformed about the purpose and content related to religious festivities at their children’s ECEC. A starting point in addressing teachers’ uncertainty over how to comply with the curricular mandate is to design pedagogical activities around religious festivities that aim to achieve learning and mutual understanding among the children.

KAJIAN PENYELENGGARAAN PAUD DI KOTA BANJARMASIN DITINJAU DARI ASPEK PERENCANAAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Lisna Sulinar Sari
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Needs Analysis ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Early Childhood Institutions

Abstrak: Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini yaitu dari jumlah lembaga PAUD yang ada diKota Banjarmasin belum semuanya memiliki perencanaan khususnya pada analisispeningkatan legalitas kelembagaan PAUD dan analisis kebutuhan pendidikan untuk anak usiadini (AUD). Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan studi kasus dengan analisis data deskrtifkuantitatif dan kualitataif. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa: i) Disdik Kota Banjarmasin danLembaga PAUD sampel tidak melakukan perencanaan yang baik untuk pendataan analisiskebutuhan pendidikan AUD; ii) Belum semua lembaga PAUD sampel memiliki izinoperasional dikarenakan adanya persyaratan yang belum dapat dipenuhi karena memerlukanbiaya yang cukup besar seperti, pembuatan akta notaris; iii) Belum semua lembaga PAUDmemiliki sarpras sesuai dengan pedoman sarana dan prasarana dari pusat; iv) untuk membantuketersediaan sarpras, Disdik Kota Banjarmasin sudah mengalokasikan dana APBD II berupabantuan RKB, rehab kelas rusak ringan dan berat, serta bantuan APE Dalam dan Luar berupabarang. Abstract: The problem in this study is from the number of early childhood institutions in thecity of Banjarmasin not all have plans in particular to the analysis of institutional legalityincrease early childhood education and educational needs analysis for early childhood (AUD).This study uses a case study approach to data analysis of quantitative and qualitative deskrtif.The study shows that: i) Disdik Banjarmasin and Institutions ECD sample is not doing betterplanning for data analysis AUD educational needs; ii) Not all the samples of early childhoodinstitutions have an operating permit because of the requirements can not be met because itrequires significant costs such as notary deed; iii) Not all early childhood institutions haveinfrastructure accordance with the guidelines of the central infrastructure; iv) to assist theavailability infrastructure, Disdik Banjarmasin already allocated budget II in the form ofclassroom assistance, rehabilitation of damaged light and heavy classes, as well as the In andOut APE assistance in the form of goods.

scholarly journals Letramento Visual na Educação Infantil: uma Proposta de Ensino

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Vieira de Brito ◽  
Alda Maria Coimbra Aguilar Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Nursery School ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Teacher Opinion ◽  
Educational Product ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines

O artigo discute o letramento na Educação Infantil por meio da pedagogia de multiletramentos. Foi realizada uma retrospectiva histórica e breve análise dos documentos Referencial Curricular Nacional da Educação Infantil - RCNEI, Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para a Educação Infantil - DCNEI e Orientações Curriculares para a Educação Infantil - OCEI. Para a elaboração do produto educacional, foram utilizados os conceitos da Gramática do Design Visual - GDV e a estrutura narrativa de Labov para a organização da contação de histórias. Baseou-se nas concepções do método pesquisa-ação de cunho qualitativo, cujo campo de aplicação foi uma creche pública do Município do Rio de Janeiro – segmento Maternal I –, localizada em uma comunidade da zona Norte do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Iniciou-se a elaboração do produto utilizando a opinião das professoras da unidade, na qual a pesquisa foi realizada, para que o material fizesse realmente sentido para elas. Ao disponibilizar o produto, esperou-se perceber cada teoria sendo utilizada em favor da formação de sujeitos mais autônomos, críticos e criativos. Palavras-chave: Multiletramento. Multimodalidade. Educação Infantil. Caderno Pedagógico. Abstract                                                                                                   This article presents a research that discusses a literacy instrument in Early Childhood Education through multiliteracy pedagogy. It was started with a historical retrospective and a brief analysis was carried out of the National Curricular Reference Framework for Early Childhood Education (RCNEI), the National Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education (DCNEI) and the Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education (OCEI). For the elaboration of the educational product, in turn, the concepts of the Grammar of Visual Design (GDV) and the narrative structure proposed by Labov for the organization of storytelling were used. It was based on the conceptions of the qualitative action research methodology, whose field of application was a public nursery school of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro - Maternal I -, located in a community in the northern area of the State of Rio de Janeiro.  The elaboration of the product was started using the teacher’ opinion of the unit where the research was carried out so that the material could make real sense to them. In making our product available, it is hoped to perceive each theory being used in favor of the formation of more autonomous, critical and creative subjects. Keywords: Multiliteracy. Multimodality. Child Education. Early Childhood Education. Pedagogical Handbook.

scholarly journals IDENTIDADE PESSOAL E SOCIAL DA CRIANÇA: A IMPORTÂNCIA DOS BRINQUEDOS E DAS BRINCADEIRAS.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Raquel Dilly Konrath ◽  
Cláudia Schemes
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines ◽  
The Right ◽  
Legal Guidelines

O presente artigo tem como objetivo abordar e analisar a formação da identidade pessoal e social da criança na Educação Infantil estabelecidos nas atuais Diretrizes e Referenciais Curriculares Nacionais da Educação Infantil. Procura, também, identificar a importância das brincadeiras e suas interações, dos brinquedos para o desenvolvimento da formação desta identidade e do papel do professor e da professora nesse processo. Esta pesquisa configura-se como exploratória qualitativa e tem como procedimento técnico a análise dos documentos legais como o Referencial Curricular Nacional para a Educação Infantil: formação pessoal e social (BRASIL, 1998), as Diretrizes curriculares nacionais para a educação infantil (BRASIL, 2010) e os Brinquedos e brincadeiras nas creches: manual de orientação pedagógica (BRASIL, 2012). Entendemos que os textos e as diretrizes legais, mesmo sendo referências nacionais, são significados no seu contexto e, por mais que se procure universalizar práticas, estas só se revelam na ação dos próprios sujeitos que o compõem e lhe dão sentido e significado. Ou seja, por mais que as diretrizes ou as orientações legais sejam prescritivas e universais, quem dá sentido ao texto e ao conhecimento é o próprio sujeito que o vive. Palavras-chave: Identidade. Criança. Formação pessoal e social. Brinquedos.ABSTRACTThis article addresses and analyzes one of the objectives of Early Childhood Education established in the current National Curriculum Guidelines and Frameworks for Early Childhood Education, which is the formation of the child’s personal and social identity. It emphasizes the importance of the games, toys and their interactions for the development of the formation of the personal and social identity and the role of the teacher in this process. This research is configured as a qualitative and thematic research as an analysis of legal documents as the National Curricular Reference for Childhood Education: personal and social formation (BRASIL, 1998), National Curricular Guidelines for Early Childhood Education (BRASIL, 2010), The toys and games in the nursery: pedagogical guidance manual. (BRAZIL, 2012). We understand that texts and legal laws, even if they are national references, are meaningful in their context and therefore are universal practices, these are revealed in the action of more rigorous than the right of speech and meaning. That is, as rough as legal guidelines are prescribed and universal, what gives meaning to the text and to knowledge is the subject who lives.Keywords: Identity. Child. Personal and social formation. Toys.

Mapping the Policy Landscape of Australian Early Childhood Education Policy through Document Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Hard ◽  
Paige Lee ◽  
Sue Dockett
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Early Childhood Education Policy ◽  
Early Childhood Policy ◽  
Early School ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Large Corpus

WHILE MUCH HAS BEEN written about recent reforms in Australian early childhood education (birth to five) policy, less attention has been directed towards the changes across the whole early childhood period (birth to eight) and potential links between policy covering the prior-to-school and early school years. The near-concurrent introduction of two national curriculum documents covering these sectors has provided opportunities to explore such links. Recognising that such national approaches do not emerge from a vacuum, we identified a wide range of additional documents that contributed to the history, development, implementation and evaluation of the national curriculum documents, with the aim of exploring the links across these and the policy imperatives guiding these. Qualitative Document Analysis was used to manage the overwhelming number of related documents that were identified. In this paper, we share the processes used in the descriptive coding of a large corpus of documents, and reflect on the advantages and challenges encountered. We share these reflections not only as a means of contributing to discussions about the nature and impact of early childhood policy, but also to provide a transparent basis for future analyses.

scholarly journals Music value and participation: An Australian case study of music provision and support in Early Childhood Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Barrett ◽  
Libby Maree Flynn ◽  
Graham F. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Education Centre ◽  
Australian Case

There is a growing body of evidence that early engagement in active music-making impacts beneficially on children’s wider development. Recent research indicates that individual and shared music-making in family settings contributes to positive parenting practices and identity development in young children. Children who participate in shared music-making at age 3 are better prepared for school experiences at age 5. These findings suggest music should be a compulsory requirement in any early childhood programme. This article reports the findings of a case study investigation of the provision of music in an Australian Early Childhood Education Centre. Findings suggest that music provision is best supported when there is a high value for music amongst staff, there is a range of value-added as well as integrated uses of music, and there is sustained music professional development for all staff.

scholarly journals Systems Thinking Skills of Preschool Children in Early Childhood Education Contexts from Turkey and Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şebnem Feriver ◽  
Refika Olgan ◽  
Gaye Teksöz ◽  
Matthias Barth
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Childhood Education

This study presents an attempt to contribute to the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) by conceptualizing systems thinking skills of four- to six-year-old preschool children with the role of age in this particular skill. For this purpose, we developed and tested a method and instruments to assess and conceptualize systems thinking skills of 52 preschool children in early childhood education contexts from Turkey and Germany. By employing qualitative case study research, we concluded that the young children showed some signs of complex understanding regarding systems thinking in terms of detecting obvious gradual changes and two-step domino and/or multiple one-way causalities, as well as describing behavior of a balancing loop. However, their capacity was found to be limited when it comes to detecting a reinforcing loop, understanding system mechanisms by acknowledging the unintended consequences, detecting hidden components and processes, demonstrating multi-dimensional perspective, solving problems through high-leverage interventions, and predicting the future behavior of the system. Age had a notable effect on the total systems thinking mean scores of the participants.

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