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 Wh?riki, and expanded content on play-based curriculum, assessment and documentation. Key domain areas of the curriculum are explored in depth and have been revised to include updated discussions of environmental factors, digital knowledge and multiliteracies. Each chapter is enriched with learning intentions, definitions of key terms, reflection points, links to current curriculum documents and illustrative case studies to help readers connect theory to practice.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2018

ISBN

9781108570718

Edition

Topic

Education

Subtopic

History of Education

Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Table of contents
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Theory, research and the early childhood curriculum
Chapter 3 Play, learning and development: How views of development shape how curriculum is framed
Chapter 4 Curriculum as a cultural broker
Chapter 5 Interpreting early childhood curriculum
Chapter 6 Cultural-historical curriculum in action
Chapter 7 Curriculum as a conceptual tool: Observation, content and programming
Chapter 8 Assessing children and evaluating curriculum: Shifting lenses
Chapter 9 Content knowledge: Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
Chapter 10 Content knowledge: Languages and literacies
Chapter 11 Content knowledge: The arts and health, wellbeing and physical activity
Chapter 12 Conclusions
References
Index