Ethics In Early Childhood Education

In early childhood education, there is a need for focus on students and their growth; social, emotional, spiritual and physical. My goal as an early childhood educator is to meet the child’s needs in these areas and extend their development. To facilitate this, it is necessary to provide a purposeful environment, recognise learners and how they learn, as well as conduct sufficient planning and support.

Children have a natural curiosity and desire to explore their environment and as such, I will support and scaffold their learning experiences to cater for these motivators. The theory of constructivism acknowledges that children are active participants in their learning and that ‘learning by doing’ allows children to meet their want of playing and exploring their surroundings. Within the early childhood educational setting, I will create an environment that sustains the child’s learning through exploration merged with curriculum outcomes. This environment should reflect the children’s interests …show more content…
I believe it is essential to reflect on my teaching practice because it will enhance and construct new teaching strategies which will in turn enhance children wellbeing and learning. Through this professional development, I will create a changing classroom that reflects the children, their interest and their learning styles. Ethics in the classroom creates responsibilities and accountability for teaching. Ethics is important as I will be interacting with various stakeholders as families, colleagues and communities, which will require me to make ethical and informed decisions daily. As a result of professional reflection and following an ethical practice, as a teacher, I will be continually researching and developing my practice to form strategies and evaluate them effectively to make choices as to which is most appropriate for the circumstance. In regards to professionalism, I