1. Early Childhood Education for a Diverse Society
Introduction

2. Assessment
Presentation is 40% of final mark (equivalent of 1,000 words) due 17th or 24th November
Essay is 60% of final mark (3,500 words) due 7th May 2015 in EB 208 from 10:00-13:00
Dates are non-negotiable unless extension has been agreed upon in advance

3. Requirements Attendance and Active Participation
Sign-up for reading group to lead a discussion of one required reading
Observation and Presentation
Essay

4. Guidelines for Reading
Read and use hand-out on guidelines to prepare for leading the discussion on assigned material available on the VLE
All readings on VLE-learn.gold

5. Reading QVRCP The method:
Take the text and make notes in the margins (for photocopies) or on a separate piece of paper (for books).
The notes should, as a minimum, include the following:
A Question
Three Vocabulary words
A Reaction
A Connection
A Prediction

6. Question Question: As you read the text, ask a question about it.
-For example, why did the author choose to focus on this issue?
-What is the author’s background?
-Has the author considered another theoretical framework?

7. Vocabulary
Vocabulary words: Underline or record three vocabulary words you don’t know.
Make suggestions of the meanings of your chosen words based on the rest of the sentence or paragraph.
Or if there are no words you don’t already understand, choose three words that you particularly like, and which encapsulate the meaning of the text.

8. Reaction
Reaction
What is your personal or emotional reaction to the text?
-Is it interesting, boring, shocking,
engaging, fascinating, disturbing,
or troubling?

9. Connection
Connection: Make a connection with something you have read previously.
-What does the text remind you of? -If you can’t think of a connection with something you have read, how about something you have heard before, or a personal experience?

10. Prediction:
Prediction:If you are reading a chapter from a book, what might come next?
-If you are reading an article, what might an article written in reply say about it?
-If you are reading about a theory, what might other theorists say in reply?
-Or how do you predict other people (students; tutors; other authors; the general public) might react to the text? What might they say?

11. Activity Reflect on your own childhood
How has this influenced your own development as an adult?

12. Some views on childhood
Froebel
Montessori
Robert Owen
Rachel and Margaret McMillan

13. Theoretical background
Piaget
Erik Erikson
Vygotsky
Recent research
Brain Research/Neuroscientists

14. Nurturing a Child
“Experts” debate how best to nurture children during Early Years
How would you suggest children ought to be nurtured during the Early Years?