Over the last week and a half now I have been researching
early childhood education in England so that I can better understand the
culture differences when I speak (hopefully!) with the contacts I am hoping to
establish. There is a lot of information out there and it looks completely
overwhelming to sort through. However, as in my post from last week I found it
easier to view the British Association for Early Childhood Education’s website.
If you’d like to visit, simply click on my link; http://www.early-education.org.uk/.
The
focus of the organization is to bring awareness to the importance of early
childhood education in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The
organization believes that all children are competent learners from birth and
they aim for practitioners to foster loving and caring relationships. In the policy and issues section of the
website the reader see’s “Influencing decision makers!” The organization
provides a plethora of education, training, and materials for practitioners and
parents to make well thought decisions in regards to voting. For practitioners
the organization has a thought out set of standards/principals as well as a code
of ethics stance.
Most of
the issues that are being dealt with right now are centered on reform. Although
early childhood sees the most changes the United Kingdom started overhauling
all education programs in 2008. I did notice that a common trend is the
learning approach. It is very family centered and can be compared greatly to
the Reggio approach.
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Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic organization. I have not previously heard of them and look forward to learning through you. You said they focus primarily on reform and so I am curious what learning approach they have had and are looking to have in the future? Thank you for your information!
I am interested for you to explore the learning approach. I work at a Reggio-based center, and since you said they seem similar, I am excited to learn more. Thanks for your exploration!
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