The East Sydney Early Learning Centre is an adaptive re-use of an existing industrial building, built during 1920’s. The design of this project emphasis on childhood imagination and play and its inspirations. A ‘mini-city’ approach has been adopted for this project, which emphasizes on a child’s experiential learning by re- imagining the urban fabric at a child’s…
I may sometimes have problems with choosing the right level of activities for the children; I will then look at this issue more closely to determine what the problem is and try to correct it. Having thought about my teaching quite intensively lately and having seen my colleagues has led me to realise that it is always better to go with the flow where such young children are concerned. I cannot possibly rush them into anything. My role is to guide and encourage learning but the children are the ones who set the pace. If skills need to be learnt or just to have fun, I need to be patient with…
Cultural competence is a term used to describe a set of congruent behaviours that allows individuals or services to work effectively in cross-cultural settings. The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) states that ‘cultural competence is the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures’. Educators should put prejudices aside and focus on the underlying principles of cultural competence which are; trust, respect for diversity, equity, fairness and social justice (ACECQA. 2010). Cultural competence challenges educator’s own bias and assumptions and makes them reflect their own world views. Cultural competence is about being aware of cultural differences, acknowledging and understanding them in…
A child's personality undoubtedly begins with their experiences at home; but when it is time for that child to go to school, Common Core is the problem. I believe we ALL posses intellectual curiosity. What sparks this curiosity in one varies from person to person. Common Core's philosophy (to memorize then regurgitate) does not address this at all. I believe if we create a system that can identify what sparks/peaks this innate, human curiosity in each child early on then educating them accordingly; they will enjoy learning thus coming to value it.…
In the first five year of human’s life, which is called early childhood. In this stage, early childhood experience could influence the entire life of human, and shape what person you will be. Early childhood education is exploring continue up to now. There are many theorists, who spent efforts to focused on the development of human. This essay will discuss several theorists’ theories of early childhood education, which is involved in Erikson’s stage theory, Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory and Bronfenbrenner’ ecological system theory.…
Planning for risky play for meeting outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework When planning risky play for children, it is essential that educators include a range of natural elements in the outdoor environment, such as plants, sand, mud and water. Through daily interactions with these elements, children’s understandings of the world, where they live, can be broadened. Therefore, they connect with their land and then develop the sense of belonging to the country. Besides, children can generate environmental awareness and the respect of the natural environment through daily interactions with the elements. As a result, children will gradually be aware of interdependence between the environment and human being, and develop the social responsibility of…
Assessing Motivation: When I wanted to find out what kind of topics Izzy would be interested in, I conducted the “Tell Me What You Like” assessment from Assessment for Reading Instruction by McKenna and Stahl (2015. Through this, I learned that Izzy is interested in animals, magic, jokes, camping, drawing/painting, horses, detectives, love, famous scientists, food, cooking, etc. Izzy’s variety of interests helps give me many options when choosing what kinds of books to use in my study. In using this information, Izzy will be more likely to feel motivated. To find out which settings Izzy likes to read in, I conducted the “Elementary Reading Attitude Survey”, by McKenna and Stahl (2015).…
Universal preschool, in my opinion, would begin the journey to narrowing the gap of educational disparity between economically disadvantaged children and children who have the financial means to attend private preschool programs. Studies have proven that children’s earliest years are crucial for developing school readiness. Without a strong foundation of early learning, many children start school with a deficit, and teachers spend years trying to help these children catch up (Doggett & Wat, 2010). I believe state funded prekindergarten programs would increase the quality of preschool teachers. The pay for head start teachers is near minimum wage thereby resulting in lower quality education output as well as high turnover in staff.…
It is subsequently important that the teacher does an excellent job implementing active engagement in the classroom by always presenting lessons and information in an upbeat manner. I believe that if you deliver information in a positive way, there will be positive outcomes, and if you are giving information in a negative and lethargic way the students will not get excited about education. If the child is not engaged, the child is simply not learning the material because they do not care. That is the downfall with using unengaging activities. Being able to observe active engagement in CIE 343 helped me realized how important it is in the classroom and how vital the role of active engagement plays in students…
A developmental framework In order to understand factors that may contribute to differences in interest and participation in science fields by gender, I present a developmental framework. My aim is to provide a framework that may guide future research. The benefit of a developmental framework is that it is both holistic, capturing the life course of youth that may lead to various later outcomes, but is also amenable to specific research questions about mechanisms that contribute to gender gaps. Others have taken sociological, psychological, or cognitive approaches (Xie et al., 2015).…
The next curriculum model I chose to focus on, Montessori, is seemingly very different from Curiosity Corner. Started in the early 1900’s by Dr. Maria Montessori, this model draws on studies of human growth, development, and even anthropology to find an education style that would fit each child on an individual level (Bahmaee et al. 148). In fact, it’s this focus on the individual that sets it the most apart from Curiosity Corner, and from most educational models. In contrast to the cooperative learning strategies explored above, children engage in, and complete activities, largely on their own. The goal of this is multifaceted.…
What is it about school that always has the student not wanting to go? Besides waking up early in the morning, children don’t really look forward to school. After the first day of class, the hype about being back on educational territory goes down. Teachers and school professionals should stop and ask themselves, why their students seem uninterested in learning? That is exactly what Gerald Graff, a professor at the University of Illinois did.…
Although learning how to read and gaining a sense for numbers sets a crucial foundation for the rest of the school life, the significance of early childhood education goes beyond the academic. An increasing number of studies continue to confirm that high-quality early childhood instruction has immediate and long-term positive effects on children 's cognitive and social development. I believe that by taking into consideration Kennedy and Rousseau’s ideas I can facilitate enriching educational experiences that nurture children’s natural curiosity and intrinsic motivation to…
These need to be built upon the children’s experiences and therefore I would wish to continue the work already being done at Revel in making the most of the local environment and history to provide meaningful learning experiences. I would wish to use the concepts of ‘hooks’ and ‘end products’ (see application form) to extend this idea of experiential and purposeful learning. I believe that lessons, on the whole, need to be both motivating and challenging, but that children also need to understand that sometimes skills just need to be learnt so that they can be utilised in other contexts. The planning of the curriculum and individual lessons needs to take into account the prior experiences and achievement of individual children but differentiation should allow for the narrowing of any gaps and not provide a ceiling to…
Responsiveness to children • Educators recognise and value children’s strengths, abilities, and interests and build on skills and knowledge through learning. • Educators recognise children’s cultural traditions, languages and additional needs to their everyday lives. • Extend children’s learning by open-ended questioning, feedback, challenging their thinking and guide their learning. • Responsiveness to children can be adapted to children’s learning by the educator developing activities that build on their interests to provoke learning. This challenges children’s thinking and ideas (DEEWR,…