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ACE05
Core Themes in the Early Years Education
This module provides course participants with an introduction to specific core themes fundamental to contemporary education in early years settings. The main issues that will be introduced include behaviour management, matters related to the importance of maintaining parental involvement, ways to develop collaborations with stakeholders and sustain positive working relationships, issues of sustainability and how this can permeate everything we do with children at the centre. This module also educates course participants on the skills required to become reflective practitioners.
By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:
a. Employ positive behaviour management systems;
b. Integrate parental involvement in the support provided to each child;
c. Promote positive relationships between and with children, as well as with all other stakeholders;
d. Regularly reflect on one’s practices;
e. Safeguard children’s rights;
f. Infuse sustainability concerns in the children’s learning experiences.
a. Describe strategies that encourage and reinforce positive behaviour;
b. Define the benefits of parental involvement for children’s development;
c. Outline the benefits that result from maintaining positive relationships;
d. State the elements of reflective practice;
e. Indicate the importance of safeguarding children’s rights and promoting children’s dignity and preferences;
f. Explore the many facets of sustainability and how this can permeate daily practice.
a. Implement a positive approach to behaviour management;
b. Actively involve parents in the child’s progress;
c. Encourage children to listen to one another and play together;
d. Communicate with other adults courteously;
e. Fairly self-evaluate one’s practices and identify ways forward;
f. Recognize signs, situations and behaviour that may potentially violate children’s rights and ensure that these rights are safeguarded;
g. Implement sustainability concerns in children’s learning experiences.
This module adopts an online approach to teaching and learning. Information related to the structure and delivery of the module may be accessed through the IfE Portal. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures found on the Institute for Education’s website.
This module will be assessed through: Research Assingment and Online Tasks/Reflections.
1. Drifte, C. (2008). Encouraging positive behaviour in the early years: A practical guide. SAGE.
2. Williams, L. (2016). Positive behaviour management in early years settings: An essential guide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
3. Mortimer, H. (2017). Understanding behaviour in early years settings: Supporting personal, social and emotional development from 0–5. Taylor & Francis.
4. Ward, U., & Perry, B. (2020). Working with parents and families in early childhood education. Routledge.
5. Mainstone-Cotton, S. (2017). Promoting emotional wellbeing in early years staff: A practical guide for looking after yourself and your colleagues. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
6. Reed, M. & Canning, N. (2009). Reflective practice in the early years. SAGE.
7. Huggins, V. & Evans, D. (2017). Early childhood education and care for sustainability: International
perspectives. Routledge.
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