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What does curriculum mean to me? (As guided by the course (Always changing…
What does curriculum mean to me?
As guided by the course
Children guide the content
Relevant to the child's world
Always changing
Classroom (Enacted) Curriculum, "Reflects the unique interests and strengths of the learners" (Hibbert, 2016)
Guided by relevant research and documents
How Does Learning Happen?
The Kindergarten Program
Institutional Curriculum
Government Documents
Based on current reasearch
Focused on the work of "a community, teachers, administrators, parents, other professionals and society"(Marulcu, A. & Akbiyik, 2014, p. 200)
Personal Metaphor of Curriculum = A House
"A curriculum is intended to frame or guide a teaching practice" (Doyle, 1992, p. 745)
As guided by my experience
Open Ended
Reggio Inspired and Emergent curriculum
These curriculums align with the Social Actor Theory
Social Actor Theory views the Political Child
"Children are competent, capable of complex thinking, curious and rich in potential" (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2016, p. 6)
"Children are subjects who participate in their own representation" (Ryan, 2008, p. 558)
The environment supports the learning
"A vision for childhood can be practically translated into the design of spaces for children" (Curtis & Carter, 2005, p. 35)
Supported by tools including ECERS-R and ITERS
Developmentally Appropriate
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Ages and Stages Questionnaire
Developmental Psychology
As guided by my ideologies and epistomologies
Ideology "Personal Beliefs about what educational institutions should teach, for what ends and for what reason" (Marulco & Akbiyik, 2014, p.200)
Child Study Position, A child centered perspective
"Child is viewed as the source of content for the curriculum" (Marulco & Akbiyik, 2014, p.201)
Emergent Curriculum
Reggio-Emilia Approach
There are no prescribed teaching methods
How Does Learning Happen Pedagogy?
"Value children as individuals with their own interests and points of view" (Ministry of Education, 2016, p. 11)
Social Reconstruction Position, A social Perspective
"Educators and schools are seen as active agents" ((Marulco & Akbiyik, 2014, p.201)
Epistemology "How are own view impacts our beliefs about curriculum"; (Crocker, 2018)
View children as capable and competent, and as active co-learners in their environment
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Children being viewed as competent and capable
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"Children are able to understand, know and learn, and ready to learn from the first moment of life" (Stremmel, 2012, p. 135)
Environment acts as a third teacher, and this supports the overall curriculum
"What teachers do everyday in classrooms is inquiry into the wonders and mysteries of the experiences of children" (Stremmel, 2012, p. 137)
"Subjects who participate in their own representations" (Ryan, 2008, p. 558)
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The Political Child
Children's development influenced by both nature and nurture
Experiences foster childrens development
Each individual child is unique and brings their own set of abilities and experiences to a classroom which influence the curriculum