scholarly journals The Importance of Community Engagement in Education Management in Early Childhood Education in 4.0 Era

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eravia
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Childhood Education

scholarly journals People Empowerment: An Approach towards Indigenous Early Childhood Curriculum

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Geraldine D. Villaluz, RSCJ
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Day Care ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Day Care Teachers ◽  
The University ◽  
San Carlos ◽  
University Of San Carlos

This paper is aimed at presenting an implemented community engagement of the University of San Carlos School of Education with the communities of Agusan del Sur, Philipines, in close partnership with the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation-IDC, (JPIC-IDC) Incorporated of Agusan del Sur as a response to a felt need in the early childhood education program of the province. In 2004, JPIC pooled together concerted resources from provincial and local government units, non-government organization and academe to create and develop a cul-ture-based curriculum guide for early childhood education that is appropriate and responsive to the needs of indigenous groups in Agusan del Sur, Southern Philippines. To address these needs, an ethnographic commu-nity engagement framework was utilized and initiated by JPIC-IDC team and the University Of San Carlos School Of Education. The community engagement framework facilitated the partnership of Agusan del Sur government leaders, a non-government organization in Germany, community cultural masters, Day Care Teachers and the University of San Carlos School of Education to create a developmentally appropriate and culture-based cur-riculum for Day Care with a supporting handbook for mother-teachers in early childhood education. As a result of this framework, children drop-out decreased from 80% to 10% while parent-community involvement in-creased from 30% to 90% in 2009 (JPIC-IDC, 2007). Ongoing teacher trainings and community orientations on the culture-based curriculum have been extended to 42 additional communities in 2012-2018 from 35 com-munities in 2007 upon request from the provincial governor. Two editions of a culture-based handbook have been published and a third edition is currently prepared for District 2 communities with guided participation by Day Care teachers as co-authors. This community engagement framework, initiated by the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation of Agusan del Sur Philippines involving all stakeholders from the provincial leaders to the recipients of early childhood education, serves as a model to community extension service programs (CES) of schools and universities as well as to curriculum practitioners and administrators. Three principles involved in this particular community engagement concretely demonstrate that program sustainability is a product of partnership, sensitivity to culture and context and relevance to community’s need.

scholarly journals Optimizing Management of Early Childhood Education in Community Empowerment

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
Nunu Mahmaud Firdaus ◽  
Ansori Ansori
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Education Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Management Functions

Considering the low level of public knowledge about the importance of Early Childhood Education and the low quality of management and the lack of infrastructure (in the form of APE) as well as the many assumptions from the public that Early Childhood Education can only be reached by economically capable people causing lack of motivation to involving their children in the Early Childhood Education program, it is deemed necessary to carry out a study on the optimization of the management of non-formal Early Childhood Education programs held in the community, such as the SPS Early Childhood Education Cempaka which operates in RW 09 Ciwaruga Village, Bandung Regency West. Through the application of qualitative methods with a case study approach, the results of this study reveal that the management process still does not meet the standards required by the government as the organizing program for the Similar Early Childhood Education Unit (SPS) program. Therefore, the manager must be able to define and find ways to achieve all the objectives set through the effective implementation of management functions of Early Childhood Education management.

scholarly journals Development of Early Childhood Education Management Model Based on National Education Standards and Management Information System (MPAUD-SNSI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 354
Author(s):  
Rina Raflesia ◽  
Rambat Nur Sasongko ◽  
Manap Somantri
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Education Management ◽  
National Education ◽  
Childhood Education

The low quality of early childhood education management in Indonesia can be seen from the results of accreditation that refer to national education standards. This study offers a solution that is to streamline management through the application of a management model based on national standards for early childhood education, which is integrated with a management information system. This article describes the process of formulating and testing a model called MPAUD-SNSI. The tests conducted at 45 schools in Bengkulu Province showed that the model and application of the management information system produced in this study were valid and reliable. The spider diagram simulation feature in the application can conduct a self-evaluation before applying for accreditation. This evaluation helps schools to improve the quality of management sustainably. The empirical test results show that if the indicators in the PAUD-SNSI model are applied in schools, the level of effectiveness of school management can reach the very effective criteria.

scholarly journals Leader-parent relationships in the early childhood education context: An exploration of testimonial and epistemic justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 136548022110199
Author(s):  
Shirley Eileen Adams ◽  
Steve Myran
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Process Learning

Countries around the world have increased their focus on high quality early childhood programing. Recognizing the importance of parental and community engagement as a lever for improving child development and learning outcomes, and as a means of addressing social justice challenges, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2018) has emphasized the need for more research on the complex dynamics between structure, process, learning, and development. Such research should consider the impacts of the dominant neo-managerial paradigm and its overemphasis on clearly defined linear cause and effect pathways between structure and student learning, which underrepresents the reciprocal role that parents, the community and the students themselves play in shaping the learning setting (Myran & Sutherland, 2019a). Students’ and families’ senses of belonging to the community of knowers have major implications for their motivation, sense of ownership and buy-in (Davis, 2006; Goodenow & Grady, 1993). This study explored the lived experiences of parents/guardians of young children with the leadership of their children’s early childhood education program and how these individual and social interactions shaped parents’ epistemic agency, and their access to rhetorical spaces that recognized them as credible knowers. Utilizing a phenomenological approach, we conducted in-depth interviews with 20 parents whose children attended publicly funded pre-school programs. Findings revealed limited communication with leadership and difficulty developing positive relationships. Moreover, these challenges limited their access to rhetorical spaces to be heard and recognized as credible knowers. This study offers one small window into the OECD’s (2018) call for more research on the dynamics between structure, process, learning and development, and the importance of the quality of parental and community engagement as a lever for enhancing healthy child development and learning, and as a means of more effectively addressing ongoing social justice challenges.

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