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Mathematics education for early childhood: a partnership of two curriculums.
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| Author | Haynes, Maggie |
| Abstract | This paper describes the mathematics education component of one early childhood teacher education program at the Auckland College of Education. It explores how the school mathematics curriculum can provide a meaningful framework for the mathematical learning of very young children. It identifies how the interweaving of the mathematics curriculum document with the New Zealand early childhood curriculum can support the early childhood teacher to optimise the provision of mathematically-rich environments. It examines a variety of issues pertaining to the early emergence and development of mathematical concepts. Early Childhood Education in New Zealand Curriculum for Practice Why all the fuss about curriculum? Curriculum as a philosophical statement, as a tool for accountability, or as a foundation for the total learning experience, curriculum documents are here to stay. Historically educational practice has always been driven by the philosophy or the underlying “theme of the times ” (Heaslip, 1997). In early childhood education in particular, beliefs of recent times included: • 1960s: a period of compensatory learning, providing for what was perceived to be lacking in the home • 1970s: an emphasis on language and the implications on early learning of the stages of language development • 1980s/90s: a need for curriculum-based learning and the use of curricula as a framework for the processes of learning. The early childhood curriculum, Te Whaariki (Ministry of Education, 1996), is the first national curriculum statement for the early childhood sector in New Zealand and as such has provided the beginning of an exciting era for early childhood education. The key feature of Te Whaariki is that it espouses a child-centred approach, sensitive to the holistic development and learning of the child. |
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| Subject Keyword | Early Childhood Early Childhood Education Mathematics Education New Zealand Te Whaariki Exciting Era Key Feature Early Childhood Teacher Education Program First National Curriculum Statement Holistic Development Young Child Curriculum-based Learning Early Childhood Sector Underlying Theme Compensatory Learning Total Learning Experience Philosophical Statement Language Development Early Emergence Early Learning Meaningful Framework Recent Time Mathematical Concept School Mathematics Curriculum Curriculum Document New Zealand Curriculum Historically Educational Practice Mathematical Learning Auckland College Early Childhood Curriculum Child-centred Approach Mathematically-rich Environment Early Childhood Teacher |
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