Analyse the importance of, and the key pedagogical strategies used to provide a child centred, inquiry-based curriculum.
Review and evaluate an outdoor ECEC environment, with a focus on creating a child-centered, inquiry-based curriculum.
Your assessment should:
- Provide an evaluation of the outdoor environment and its role in supporting a child-centered, inquiry-based curriculum.
- Propose recommendations and their rationale to enhance the outdoor environment, with reference to planning, pedagogical strategies, resourcing, and monitoring.
Module learning outcomes achieved
- Analyse the importance of, and the key pedagogical strategies used to provide a child centred, inquiry-based curriculum.
- Evaluate the importance of the environment in relation to a curriculum.
- Lead the planning, monitoring, and review of the curriculum, ensuring it is responsive to individual children’s strengths, interests, dispositions, and needs
The Assignment should:
- Include an introduction and conclusion.
- Demonstrate engagement with module concepts and readings including the Aistear Siolta Practice Guide.
- Demonstrate in depth independent academic research and strong academic writing skills.
- Meet the specified learning outcomes.Be submitted individually by the specified due date
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:
LO 1 Analyse the varied curricular approaches and curricula from a national and international context.
LO 2 Analyse the importance of, and the key pedagogical strategies used to rovide a child-centred, inquiry-based curriculum.
LO 3 Evaluate the importance of the environment in relation to a curriculum.
LO 4 Compare the theories relating to early childhood learning and development against the Aistear framework.
LO 5 Appraise the importance of a relational pedagogy in early years.
LO 6 Lead the planning, monitoring and review of the curriculum, ensuring it is responsive to individual children’s strengths, interests, dispositions and needs.
