I have decided to
follow the website of Early Childhood Ireland.
It has an interesting program regarding quality education and curriculum
in Early Childhood called Aistear.
Aistear is the national curriculum framework that all Early Childhood
organizations work toward and use to produce quality education for children
from birth to six in Ireland.
The
word “Aistear” means journey in the Celtic language. The program can be used by parents, teachers,
and early childhood practitioners to provide challenging, enriching, and
engaging learning opportunities for young children. The framework of Aistear believes that, “education is a lifelong journey that can
take many different routes.” Therefore, the framework does not prescribe to one specific curriculum to use to teach young children, but give shared
principles or themes that a teacher, practitioner, or parent must cover to
teach the child.
As an educator, believe that this concept is very important because
it allows the educator to personalize and fit their teaching around his or her
students needs. To learn more about Aistear visit the website, http://www.earlychildhoodireland.ie/quality-in-childcare-practice-of-childcare/aistear-and-curriculum/
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"Aistear" sounds very interesting. I love the idea that a program was created that parents can use as well as professionals. Not every child is part of early childhood programs. I believe that if I had this type of program when my children were growing up that I would have loved to use it. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI think it's cool you chose to follow a source outside of the states. It's so easy to get caught up in this country's affairs and completely forget about the rest of the world. We can't neglect the children of the world. Good information and good post.
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