scholarly journals Early Childhood Curriculum Reform in Saudi Arabia Conceptualization of Theories in Early Childhood Curricula: Three Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Sama Khomais ◽  
Nahla Gahwaji
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Te Whāriki

In recent developments, early childhood education in Saudi Arabia have captured political and governmentalinterests, conceiving the promising returns of investing in early years. This research has adopted an analyticaldescriptive approach through content analysis of curriculum philosophy (theories and principles) of three models ofearly childhood curricula. They were chosen deliberately, considering the elements of the curriculum, effectivenessin implementation and or achieving the desired learning outcomes. The selected curricula include, HighScope,Foundation Stage, and Te Whāriki. The analysis concludes that there is a general agreement about the structure andelements of EC curriculum. Perspective of children as learners, teachers’ roles, learning environment are wellprofound in the three curricula supported by theoretical and empirical evidence. Nevertheless, challenges are stillconsidered as opportunities for revising and evaluating our beliefs and understandings in order to maintain theimprovements in ECE profession and to cope with the education reform in Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals Understanding Early Childhood Science Education: Comparative Analysis of Australian and Finnish Curricula

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Havu-Nuutinen ◽  
Sarika Kewalramani ◽  
Nikolai Veresov ◽  
Susanna Pöntinen ◽  
Sini Kontkanen
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Curriculum Framework ◽  
International Comparative

AbstractThis research is a comparative study of Finnish and Australian science curricula in early childhood education (EC). The study aims to figure out the constructivist components of the science curriculum in two countries as well as locate the similarities and differences in the rationale and aims, contents, learning outcomes, learning activities, teacher’s role and assessment. The curriculum analysis framework developed by Van den Akker (2003) was used as a methodological framework for the curricula analysis. Based on the theory-driven content analyses, findings show that both countries have several components of constructivist curriculum, but not always clearly focused on science education. The Australian Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) integrates children’s science learning within their five specific learning outcomes, whereas the Finnish national core curriculum for early childhood education and care has no defined learning outcomes in general. The Finnish curriculum more clearly than EYLF encompasses science and environmental education as a learning domain, within which children participate in targeted scientific activities to gain procedural knowledge in specific environmental-related concepts. More focus should be turned to the teachers’ role and assessment, which are not determined in science context in both countries. This international comparative study calls for the need of a considered EC curriculum framework that more explicitly has science domains with specifically defined rationale, aims, content areas, learning outcomes and assessment criteria. The implications lie in providing early childhood educators with tangible and theoretically solid curriculum framework and resources in order to foster scientific thinking in young children.

scholarly journals A Review of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Bangladesh: Status and Impact

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Rafiath Rashid ◽  
Abdeljalil Akkari
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Disaggregated Data ◽  
Child Learning

This literature review has evaluated the effort and promise of investing in early childhood education in the context of Bangladesh in terms of policy, access, quality and impact. The findings on access showed that with improved policies and provisions from government, there has been a dramatic increase in pre-primary enrolment where along with government other private providers have come up in the early-years education space contributing significantly in terms of providing access. The review could not find consistent and disaggregated data on the access and provisions for the younger cohort of children aged 3 to 5 years old who are supposed to be under early childhood education provisions according to the ECCD policy. The review found evidences of positive correlation between quality and child learning outcomes in the context of Bangladesh, however, the criteria, definition and interpretation of ‘quality’ for ECE is yet to be studied and implemented. It is quite evident from the review that there are variation of teachers’ qualifications and lack of materials and evidences of pedagogical practices in the ECE classrooms. Along with quality, this review found impact of ECE in two areas: school readiness and primary school achievement.

The Bicultural Imperative within the New Zealand Draft Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education, ‘Te Whariki’

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Primary Site ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines ◽  
Te Whāriki

The New Zealand Draft Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education, ‘Te Whariki’, introduced in 1993, are discussed in relation to the historical and cultural contexts which underlie their development, and aspects of the bicultural focus of the document are highlighted. The document addresses the aspirations of the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Maori, for their language and culture to be protected and sustained. Early childhood is the primary site for the transmission of language and culture, and this places the onus on all early childhood educators in New Zealand to address these issues in an integrated way within the early childhood curriculum.

Emergent literacy as sociocultural practice: How well do New Zealand parents fit with Te Whāriki?

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qilong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Emergent Literacy ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Te Whāriki

A sociocultural approach to emergent literacy and growing concerns over the de-emphasis on literacy of the New Zealand early childhood education curriculum Te Whāriki call for locally situated emergent literacy programmes co-constructed by teachers, parents and children. While teachers’ approach to emergent literacy takes centre stage in research, little is known about approach of parents and whether and to what extent it is in tune with the national curriculum framework. Adopting deductive qualitative analysis, this study examines beliefs and practice about their child’s emergent literacy of 25 parents from New Zealand public kindergartens against the learning outcomes of emergent literacy proclaimed in Te Whāriki. The findings confirm general compatibility between parents’ approach to emergent literacy and that of Te Whāriki. Parents in this study recognize and respond to the importance of the preliteracy skills (e.g. name writing) for school readiness, which concretizes, operationalizes and localizes the generally, loosely and vaguely defined Te Whāriki learning outcomes. The findings support the practicality of the co-construction of local emergent literacy programmes by teachers and parents in chartered early childhood education services in New Zealand.

scholarly journals Impact of Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education on Students Learning Outcomes in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Asifa Nawaz ◽  
Ijaz Ashraf ◽  
Aisha Siddique
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Learning occurs faster in the early years of life. Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs generally entail an acquisition of concepts, skills, and attitudes that lay the foundation for school readiness. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of ECE on students learning outcomes and highlight problems related to the implementation of ECE program in District Faisalabad of Punjab province, Pakistan. All the teachers managing these ECE centres in Government schools of District Faisalabad were the population for the study. There were 313 ECE schools, and a sample of 173 ECE teachers was selected randomly (one teacher from each school). A well-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected data was analysed through SPSS, and the results were interpreted. It was concluded that a lot of challenges existed. These include untrained ECE teacher, lack of financial resources, lack of learning and physical facilities, continuous mentoring and evaluation, and lack of awareness of the significance of ECE among people. These also have a significant influence on the effectiveness of the ECE program. In Consequence, the effectiveness of ECE programme has a significantly positive impact on students learning outcomes. It was recommended that emphasis should be placed to improve the provision of ECE and to address the problems related to its implementation. And That government should introduce a proper system for effective monitoring and evaluation to maintain a conducive environment for learning and for complete mainstreaming of the ECE program.

One ring to rule them all? Locating discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education curriculum

2020 ◽  
pp. 147821032097312
Author(s):  
Fiona Westbrook ◽  
Jayne White
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
National Government ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Te Whāriki

Early childhood scholars in New Zealand have long lamented a rising dominance of neoliberalism. Correspondingly they suggest that there has been a lessening of socialist ideals and principles of Te Ao Māori after years of a right-wing government. With the ‘refresh’ of New Zealand’s national early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki under the Fifth National Government we sought to investigate the location of these discourses in Te Whāriki. Borrowing from Tolkien this paper draws on the metaphor of a ruling, in this case neoliberal, discourse as ‘one ring to rule them all’. We investigate the governmentality of the Fifth National Government through their Four Year Plan 2016–2020 and its permeation of the revised curriculum. Seeking to better understand the location and dominance of neoliberalism within the updated Te Whāriki, the paper analyses both the 1996 curriculum and the 2017 revision for socialist, neoliberal and Te Ao Māori discourses, and their status within the document. A post-structuralist conceptual framework is employed for this study, bringing to bear Michel Foucault and Julia Kristeva in conversation. Analysis across both Te Whāriki and the Four Year Plan found that while neoliberalism was certainly a pervasive discourse, it was, in fact, accompanied by discourses of socialism, neoliberalism and Te Ao Māori. The paper concludes by suggesting that, while neoliberalism may appear to dominate texts, there are complex interanimations between a number of discourses. This multitude potentially ameliorates any one discourse’s domination or, conversely, compromises others. With these findings come important implications concerning the pervasive discourse of neoliberalism and its shaping potential. However, there are also concerns for a new form of colonisation within early childhood curriculum and policy reform.

scholarly journals 加拿大学前儿童公民教育： 时代背景、 内容向度与价值导向 （Young children's citizenship education in Canada: Background, content and values）

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Civic Practice ◽  
Learning Frameworks ◽  
Background Content

Citizenship education for young children has been growingly emphasized by western countries. With the influence of global policy discourses, curriculum reform in early childhood education and studies of young children’s citizenship, citizenship education has become a key aspect in Canadian early childhood curriculum. Based on recent studies, this research forms a theoretical framework for citizenship education, which covers four dimensions of citizenship (political education, social education, subjectivity education and civic practice education). The early learning frameworks in Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia are analyzed through thematic analysis. In general, citizenship education for young children in these three provinces reveal the following features: emphasizing young children’s rights and responsibilities, and advocating young children’s subject positions as citizens; the traditional citizenship is being changed and young children’s participation is highlighted as the root of democracy; young children’s citizenship lies in multiple discursive fields with indigenous perspective emerging.

scholarly journals 加拿大学前儿童公民教育： 时代背景、 内容向度与价值导向 （Young children's citizenship education in Canada: Background, content and values）

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Civic Practice ◽  
Learning Frameworks ◽  
Background Content

Citizenship education for young children has been growingly emphasized by western countries. With the influence of global policy discourses, curriculum reform in early childhood education and studies of young children’s citizenship, citizenship education has become a key aspect in Canadian early childhood curriculum. Based on recent studies, this research forms a theoretical framework for citizenship education, which covers four dimensions of citizenship (political education, social education, subjectivity education and civic practice education). The early learning frameworks in Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia are analyzed through thematic analysis. In general, citizenship education for young children in these three provinces reveal the following features: emphasizing young children’s rights and responsibilities, and advocating young children’s subject positions as citizens; the traditional citizenship is being changed and young children’s participation is highlighted as the root of democracy; young children’s citizenship lies in multiple discursive fields with indigenous perspective emerging.

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2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Martine Horvath
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Inquiry Learning ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Curriculum Inquiry ◽  
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