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- Title
Making the Case for a Conceptually Based Curriculum in Early Childhood Education.
- Authors
Birbili, Maria
- Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to make the case for organising teaching and learning in early childhood education around concepts and generalisations rather than inert facts. It is now widely accepted that facts alone are not enough to help children discern patterns and relationships, group things together, see big ideas and solve problems. Facts need to be placed in a conceptual framework to be understood and remembered. Teachers can facilitate concept development by putting concepts and generalisations (rather than facts) at the centre of activities, providing children with a wide variety of tangible experiences, helping them learn how to observe and represent what they see and hear and providing them with multiple examples of the concepts being taught.
- Subjects
EARLY childhood education; DEVELOPMENTALLY appropriate education; COGNITION in children; TEACHING methods; EFFECTIVE teaching; EDUCATIONAL psychology; EDUCATIONAL objectives; TEACHER effectiveness; ABSTRACT thought
- Publication
Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 2, p141
- ISSN
1082-3301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10643-006-0112-0