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Principles Of Early Childhood Education

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Principles & Practices in Early Childhood Care & Education

Preschool Programmes in Singapore

There are many different philosophies and approaches in the early childhood education which are helpful to new teachers as well as seasoned professionals. Our aim as preschool educators are to have an understanding of various curriculum approaches and the child’s development to create the best for our children. Two of the many approaches are High Scope and Reggio Emilia. Both approaches were formed to provide a better education for their future children in their respective countries.

The history for the High Scope approach began in 1962 when David Weikart, a psychologist initiated the Perry Preschool Project in Ypsilanti, …show more content…

The women in the community wanted to provide a new form of education to bring children up in toleration of injustice and inequality. Loris Malaguzzi, a primary school teacher was intrigued to find out about the first post-war preschool built in Villa Cella, seven kilometres away from Reggio Emilia. After which, he trained to be psychologist to learn more about the development of young children, and became part of the community in developing the Reggio Emilia approach. The Reggio Emilia approach focuses on a self-guided learning experience in a relationship-driven environment. The curriculum is the emergent approach where teachers develop the projects through the responses and interests of the children. There are three significant features of the Reggio Emilia approach. Firstly, every Reggio-Emilia-inspired school has an Aterlierista specialising in visual arts supporting the curriculum development in an atelier – a studio or workshop with tools and materials. Secondly, the environment is the “third” teacher. The environment has to be visually stimulating and pleasing for both adults and children. Lastly, children’s works are extensively documented in various forms, such as videos, photographs, artwork, …show more content…

Children learn best through experiences of interacting with objects, people and events around them. Hence, the environment around them needs to be visually stimulating with resources for the children to discover. The High Scope and Reggio Emilia approaches may agree on providing an enriching environment for the children, but the setting in both approaches are vastly different. As mentioned early, the Reggio Emilia approach emphasizes that the environment is the “third teacher”. The setting has to be visually inspiring for both the teachers and children and homely to create a comfortable and secure atmosphere for the children to learn life lessons. As for the High Scope approach, the organisation of the classroom are purposefully well-defined and labelled for different activities so that children know where to find materials. In order to create a comfortable and secure environment, High Scope chooses to establish a daily routine for the children. Having a daily routine provides consistency and security for the children, as they learn to predict and plan for the later activity of the

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