Macfarlane, Kym and Noble, Karen and Cartmel, Jennifer (2004) Pedagogy in the nursery: establishing high-quality long day care programs. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 29 (4). pp. 38-45. ISSN 0312-5033
Abstract
One of the most significant societal changes over the past few decades has been the growing number of women in the paid work force. As a direct result of this sociological phenomenon, childcare centres have been providing long day care for vastly increasing numbers of very young children. The speed of this change has created a societal dilemma regarding the level of training required to prepare practitioners for such important pedagogical work.
Traditional approaches to the training and preparation of practitioners for work in this field do not always highlight the significance of the important relationship early childhood education and care practitioners have with very young children, or respond to current conceptualisations of children and families and the contexts in which they live (Dahlberg, Moss & Pence, 2002; Moss, 2003). This paper takes issue with these points by exploring an alternative approach to the preparation of practitioners for work in this field. The use of Learning Circles as a conceptual tool is examined as an alternative response, aimed at developing a concentrated pedagogical process by which undergraduates explore the links between theory and effective practice.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Author version not held. |
| Depositing User: | Assoc Prof Karen Noble |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Education |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2010 04:49 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2013 23:13 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | childcare centres; teacher education |
| Fields of Research : | 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130299 Curriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9303 Curriculum > 930302 Syllabus and Curriculum Development |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/7990 |
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