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Understand international approaches to children’s’ learning / Understand how international approaches inform current frameworks and practice
Table of Contents
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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘Pedagogy in early childhood education and care (ECEC): an international comparative study of approaches and policies’ from the Department for Education
‘Italian early childhood education approaches: Montessori and Reggio Emilia’ from the Early Childhood Intervention Professional Development Center at Georgetown University
‘Curriculum’ on the HighScope website
‘What is New Zealand’s Early Years Curriculum?’ from the Famly website
‘Belonging, being and becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia’ from ACECQA
Use the internet to research the approaches to children’s learning in the UK homes nations.
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
In this film from the World Bank you can see how Cambodia is working to improve the education of those under 5. Watch ‘Sowing the seeds: Cambodia’s early years education for long term success and read the article below. Once you have watched the film read through this article linked below the video on the Cambodianess website on ‘Why is Early Childhood Education Important for Cambodia?’.
‘Why is Early Childhood Education Important for Cambodia?
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Alyson Lewis, who leads the Foundation Degree in Early Years and BA (Hons) Early Years at The College Ystrad Mynach, on international curricula 'International perspectives on play.'
Click on the link to read ‘Early childhood education research in Europe: contexts, policies, and ideas’ by Nafsika Alexiadou and Ulrike Stadler Altmann.
This document from the OEDC Library is ‘Policies for early learning: Shaping pedagogy’. Read to find out more about some of the approaches in different countries.
This is the ‘Early childhood education and care pedagogy review: England’ by Stephanie Wall, Ineke Litjens, and Miho Taguma.
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