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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Entitlement and provision for early years education As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006‚ it became an entitlement of all 3- and 4-year-olds in England to receive a free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. The government funds local authorities to ensure that every child receives up to two years of free education before reaching school age. Parents do not need to contribute to this‚ but will be charged fees for any
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EYFS Care Learning and Play Policy This policy document sets out the requirements of learning and development opportunities I am required by law to provide your child using the practice guidance for the Early year’s foundation stage. Every child is an individual and my aim is to ensure your child’s needs are met‚ I will endeavour to provide learning opportunities and care for your child which will take into consideration their interests‚ specific needs and their stage of development. Children
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101-4: Research Paper 20 June 2013 Benefits of Early Literacy Learning Education is a fundamental aspect of a person’s social‚ economic‚ and emotional developmental. Starting education early is therefore advantageous. Focusing specifically on early literacy; statistics prove that an early literary development can radically improve a child’s chance for a formidable career. Early literacy developmental practices have been taking place for many years now. Many different literacy programs offer statistical
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Week Three Learning Team Reflection: Working Capital Management Alan Litchman and Laura B. Trust‚ Co-Presidents of Finagle a Bagel‚ own a bagel business in Boston (Parrino‚ Kidwell‚ Bates‚ 2012). Alan and Laura met in business school and after gaining business experience in other industries they purchased the bagel business with the intent of growing it as much as possible. They have two primary target markets: 1) retail stores and 2) wholesale accounts with large institutions. In this paper‚ we
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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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the application of theories and principles of learning and communication to inclusive learning and teaching 1. Over the years extensive research has been conducted by many by Psychologists and Scientists who sought to identify the ways in which we learn. As a result several theories have become documented each with different perspectives the main ones being behaviourism‚ neo-behaviourism‚ constructivism and humanism but there are some who have a different view on these theories. Minton (2002) identified
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Wales and Northern Ireland have all developed different approaches to the planning and delivering of early year’s education. England has the EYFS a statutory curriculum for children aged birth to 5 years for any child being cared for outside their homes. This applies to all settings regardless of how they are funded Wales has the Foundation Phase which applies to children aged 3 to 7 years who are in receipt of local authority funding in setting such as schools‚ childminders‚ pre-schools and
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Major Learning Theories Objectives To consider some of the major theories that try to account for how learning occurs To think about the implications of these ideas for our work as teachers References Pritchard‚ A. (2014) Ways of learning: Learning theories and learning styles in the classroom (3rdedn). Abingdon:Routledge Pollard‚ A. et al. (2014) Reflective Teaching in Schools (4th edn). London:Bloomsbury Pound‚ L. (2005) How children learn: from Montessori to Vygotsky – educational
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Throughout this assignment a discussion will take place into the theories of leadership‚ whilst examining the role of managers within the context of the early years. A series of management competences will be evaluated‚ whilst investigating the notions of leadership and collaboration. Some theorists use the terms ‘leadership’ and ‘management’ reciprocally as if they are tantamount with one another‚ while others use them in a very purposeful sense to express that they are‚ in effect‚ rather different
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