The role and value of play All children and young people need to play. Children ’s play is behavior which is freely chosen‚ self-motivated and personally directed‚ and the impulse to play is in all of us. Through play the child explores the world and its creative potential‚ discovering all the while‚ a flexible range of responses to the challenges‚ she or he encounters. By playing‚ the child learns and develops as an individual and as a member of the community – be it at home‚ the street and area
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References: Beaty‚ J. (1986). Observing the development of the young child (3rd ed.) Bredekamp‚ S.‚ & Copple‚ C. (Eds.). (1997). (1992). Reaching potentials: Transform- DIMENSIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
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Integration Day 3 Assignment The Career I have chosen is Child and Youth Worker. To begin in this career you need to have the educational back round for the field which includes Early Childhood Education‚ Social Work‚ Child Care‚ Social Work Technology‚ Criminology‚ Phycology‚ Pychoeducation‚ and Care Counselling. Although you need the education requirements for this career‚ it is important to have personal attributes and characteristics such as Strong Communication Skills‚ Team Work‚ Patience
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History of the ECCE sector in Ireland. Early care and education practice. 8th January 2015. Table of contents. Introduction. History of ECEC in Ireland. Free pre-school year programme. UN convention on the rights of the child (1989). Pre-school regulations. ECEC services currently available in Ireland. Occupations within the childcare sector. Childcare manager. A career plan. Challenges to achieving goals. Education and training needs. Bibliography. Introduction
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Assessment‚ defined as gathering information in order to make informed instructional decisions‚ is an integral part of most early childhood programs (Meisels‚ 1995). Assessment is an ongoing process that includes collecting‚ synthesizing and interpreting information about pupils‚ the classroom and their instruction. Testing is one form of assessment that‚ appropriately applied‚ systematically measures skills such as literacy and numeracy. While it does not provide a complete picture‚ testing is an
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The purpose of this essay is to examine Te Reo Māori‚ Tikanga Māori‚ the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti ō Waitangi and how early childhood educators can support the inclusion of Te Ao Māori and Māori cultural knowledge within the early childhood setting. Te ao Māori can be defined as how Māori view the world. It encompasses the Māori cultures beliefs of the universe‚ how they came into existence‚ the Gods‚ Te Reo‚ Tikanga‚ Marae and access to whānau‚ hapū and iwi (Durie‚ 2005). The Māori Creation
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In German‚ the word kindergarten means children’s garden‚ and he thought that this was best in the age of six and younger. He spent his entire life helping with the development of the young and early childhood development. Wilhelm Froebel was born in the Thuringia region of Germany. He had a childhood that was not so fond for remembrance because of how terrible it had been for him. This is what shaped him to be able to come up with the idea of kindergarten. Froebel lost his mother before the
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Theorists have different views on the purpose of early childhood education on the learning and development of young children. Internationally‚ curriculum and practice are changing to incorporate child development (Hayes & Krenan‚ 2009). The Netherlands have developed and implemented the developmental education approach based on Vygotsky’s theory of learning and development. Developmental education in the Netherlands centres on the classroom as a place where both teachers and children learn together
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Education and care centres are licensed early childhood care centres that provide all-day or part-day teacher-led services. According to the dictionary‚ childcare is defined as the care or supervision of another’s child‚ especially at a day-care centre. There have been numerous studies of the impact of child care outside of the home on children. The major advantage of sending children to a childcare centre is the way they can interact with other kids who are of similar age. Activities in which incorporate
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Compare and Contrast ECE Theorists Compare and Contrast ECE Theorists There are many things to consider in discussing how children develop and learn; this paper will examine three theorists’ thoughts on this matter. One of the most well-known early childhood theorists is‚ Jean Piaget with his theory of cognitive development. Next is Howard Gardner who first took his theory from Piaget’s basis but developed it further into the theory of multiple intelligences. The final theorist to be covered is Lev
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