Shaping Early Childhood: Learners, Curriculum and Contexts"This should be essential reading for anyone involved in the training and professional development of early years practitioners... It is an impressive analysis of the historical and contemporary 'big ideas' that have influenced societies ' and practitioners' views of children and the nature of the curriculum. There are powerful sections on parents and communities ... I particularly liked the stimulating 'ideas galleries' with their statements from researchers, policy-makers and practitioners around the world." This key textbook introduces students and practitioners to a wide range of different approaches to early childhood. It provides practical strategies for developing and implementing early learning experiences that promote excellence and equity for children. The book presents the latest research and thinking about good practice, discusses how various philosophies and beliefs influence decisions in early childhood education, and identifies the key thinkers behind each approach. By examining different perspectives, the book helps early childhood practitioners to navigate their way through competing views, make informed choices, and be critically reflective in their work. In an accessible, lively and user-friendly way, it explores issues such as:
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... behavioural norms. Maturationist Arnold Gesell believed that we moved towards increasingly adult ways of knowing and being through genetically preprogrammed structures. There was an unchangeable normal path for the unfolding of these ...
... behaviour and actively work to ensure that everyone is a member of that common culture and/or adheres to those norms. Norms are not only physical but also social and cultural, so assimilationist approaches to equity emphasize the ...
... behaviour reflect natural differences between the genders. Numerous studies have identified gender norms for girls and boys, in which boys consistently appear more competent than girls in areas such as: •. ball-handling skills;. •. grip ...
... and refined ways of acting as a result of the consequences that have followed the behaviour she or he has attempted. From a behaviourist perspective, culture determines learning: a learner is 24 MODELS OF THE LEARNER.
... behaviour if adults or the environment reinforce it. As Mac Naughton and Williams (1998: 257) explained: When a child's behaviour is reinforced they are made stronger or more likely to occur through the use of rewards (or reinforcers) ...
Contents
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Part Two Positions on the early childhood curriculum | 111 |
Part Three Curriculum contexts | 245 |
References | 320 |
Index | 341 |
Back cover | 353 |