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Early childhood curriculum : planning, assessment, and implementation / Claire McLachlan, Marilyn Fleer, Susan Edwards.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Port Melbourne, Victoria : Cambridge University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Third editionDescription: xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1316642844
  • 9781316642849
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 372.19 23
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Theory, research and the early childhood curriculum -- 3. Play, learning and development: how views of development shape how curriculum is framed -- 4. Curriculum as a cultural broker -- 5. Interpreting early childhood curriculum -- 6. Cultural-historical curriculum in action -- 7. Curriculum as a conceptual tool: observation, content and programming -- 8. Assessing children and evaluating curriculum: shifting lenses -- 9. Content knowledge: science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) -- 10. Content knowledge: language and literacies -- 11. Content knowledge: the arts and health, wellbeing and physical activity -- 12. Conclusions.
Summary: "The third edition of Early Childhood Curriculum provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to curriculum theories and approaches in early childhood and early primary settings. Drawing on a cultural-historical framework for education, the text explores a variety of approaches to learning and teaching and equips readers with the tools to effectively plan, design and implement curriculum strategies. Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition features up-to-date coverage of national curriculum documents, including the Early Years Learning Framework and Te Whāriki, and expanded content on play-based curriculum, assessment and documentation."--Publisher's website.
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"First published 2010. Second edition 2013." --Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Theory, research and the early childhood curriculum -- 3. Play, learning and development: how views of development shape how curriculum is framed -- 4. Curriculum as a cultural broker -- 5. Interpreting early childhood curriculum -- 6. Cultural-historical curriculum in action -- 7. Curriculum as a conceptual tool: observation, content and programming -- 8. Assessing children and evaluating curriculum: shifting lenses -- 9. Content knowledge: science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) -- 10. Content knowledge: language and literacies -- 11. Content knowledge: the arts and health, wellbeing and physical activity -- 12. Conclusions.

"The third edition of Early Childhood Curriculum provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to curriculum theories and approaches in early childhood and early primary settings. Drawing on a cultural-historical framework for education, the text explores a variety of approaches to learning and teaching and equips readers with the tools to effectively plan, design and implement curriculum strategies. Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition features up-to-date coverage of national curriculum documents, including the Early Years Learning Framework and Te Whāriki, and expanded content on play-based curriculum, assessment and documentation."--Publisher's website.

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