Beschreibung:
The child-centred principles of early years education - which emphasize play-based and holistic learning for young children - are being challenged by the implementation of a subject-based National Curriculum. Drawing on the findings of research projects which have studied the impact of the National Curriculum upon primary teachers' beliefs and practices, the contributors to this book, all leading early years educationalists, explore this challenge and offer some ways of meeting it practically, positively and productively.
Part 1 Teachers' and parents' views: teachers'views on the National Curriculum and its impact; teachers' attitudes to subject knowledge in early years; parents and the National Curriculum at Key stage 1. Part 2 Pedagogical, curricular and assessment issues: teaching subjects, teaching children - topic-based teaching within a subject-based National Curriculum; assessment issues and the National Curriculum I - teacher assessment at Key Stage 1; assessment issues and the National Curriculum II - baseline assessment; special needs in early years. Part 3 Achieving high quality education in the early years: play-based learning and the National Curriculum - some possibilities; the effective early learning project and the National Curriculum; nursery eduaction and the National Curriculum; developing guidelines for a high quality curriculum for children under eight.