The Modern Early Years Curriculum The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) (Scottish Executive‚ 2006) is a flexible framework which is used for planning children’s holistic development and learning. (Education Scotland‚ 2016). The aim of this report is to define the Early Years Curriculum and how the content‚ context and process are child centred‚ developmentally appropriate and inclusive. The Modern Early Years Curriculum recognises each child as an individual. An individual that grows‚ develops and
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Community development is the tool by which “people empower themselves by increasing their ability to control their own lives in order to create a more fulfilling existence through mutual efforts to resolve shared problems” ( Maser‚ 1997 ) In the early years development initiatives were driven by a “top to bottom” approach. Projects were organised and executed by government departments‚ which often produced inappropriate
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Assessing the Quality of Early Years Learning Environments Abstract This article describes a means of evaluating early years classrooms from the perspective of the child’s experience. Nine key themes‚ such as motivation and independence‚ are identified as representing significant aspects of a high-quality environment for learning. The manner in which these manifest themselves in relation to the three elements of the interactional trianglethe children‚ the adults‚ and their physical environmentis
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Historical context is important because of the occasion‚ the purpose of the biblical books and what they reveal. It also involves a number of different disciplines that are political‚ social‚ cultural‚ economic and historical geography. The historical writings are interpretations and each person comes to a different conclusion about the meanings. The reading of the history is to not come up with the best interpretation but to discover the intended meaning‚ the way the original audience understood
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pretty bad for the last sixty to seventy years. Childhood obesity is growing at a ramped pace in the United States. America has done numerous test‚ studies‚ councils‚ meeting‚ groups‚ you name it to try and get America back on the right track. Some of the most important test has been the Kraus-Webber test‚ the fitness gram‚ and the NCYFS I and II. These tests will be the subjects that I will use to show the progression of physical fitness in the last 60 years. First one Dr. Hans Kraus‚ M.D. saw the
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I have once again enjoyed teaching in Year 2 and developing myself as an early years practitioner. In my second year‚ I have gained a much better understanding of early years pedagogy. I have appreciated the support of my team members and senior leader‚ Therese Gallen to help me continue to develop and strengthen my teaching and learning practise. I have also sought out professional development to help me understand the developmental stages of this age group as well as how to support children with
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connect people to a global community; they enable access to information from around the world; they enable individuals to publish and share their thoughts and ideas; they are tools for discovery and self expression (Kankaanranta & Kangassalo 2003) Early years settings need to provide opportunities for children to learn about ICT as well as to learn with ICT (E.Y.F.S I.C.T is an integral part of all our lives as it is used so largely in society‚ starting from a babies playing with a movement operated
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How have understandings and ideals of early years education changed and developed in Britain? This essay is going to discuss how over time‚ the understandings and ideals of early years education have changed and developed enormously in Britain. The ideals of education are to emphasize an individual’s mind of knowledge‚ allowing them to adapt and develop what they already know. Early years education is a modern term‚ which is the first part of education‚ providing a variety of opportunities for a
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Education and Care in the Early Years (3rd edition‚ Dublin 2007) 2 reasons why childcare is developing Increased participation by women in the paid labour force. Recognition of the value of play and socialisation opportunitites for children’s development. In Ireland today‚ women with young children are forming an increasing proportion of the paid labour around 60% of women with a child under 6 years are now employed and it is recognised that lack of childcare can act as a barrier to employment
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Supporting Inclusion in the Early Years brief summary Background Warnock Report (DES 1978) significant landmark in special education stating that the purpose of education for all children is the same‚ the goals are the same‚ but the help individual children need in progressing towards them will be different. The Children Act (1989) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 both defined disability as:-- "A child is disabled if he is blind‚ deaf‚ or dumb or suffers from a mental disorder
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