A Stitch in Time: Strengthening the First Years of School. Compulsory Years of Schooling Project. Project Paper No. 3. Commissioned Report No. 16.

Autor/in	Gifford, Jean
Institution	National Board of Employment, Education, and Training, Canberra (Australia). Schools Council.
Titel	A Stitch in Time: Strengthening the First Years of School. Compulsory Years of Schooling Project. Project Paper No. 3. Commissioned Report No. 16.
Quelle	(1992), (69 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-644-24923-4
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Curriculum Development; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Inservice Teacher Education; Parent School Relationship; Preservice Teacher Education; Primary Education; School Community Relationship; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Lehrerfortbildung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Primarbereich; Australien
Abstract	As Australia recognized the need for a better educated and highly trained workforce, national attention focused on secondary and post-secondary education and vocational training, with an emphasis on the acquisition of basic, entry level work skills. Because the foundations for success at this level are laid at an early age, however, the Schools Council sought to address issues of importance to the crucial beginning years of education with a project called The Compulsory Years of Schooling. This report elaborates on some of the issues relevant to the early childhood years in schools. The paper asserts that children five to eight years of age need educational programs that have been specifically designed for them and teachers who have been trained to work with young children. Although the style of teaching throughout primary school is gradually changing, teachers are encouraged to adopt developmentally appropriate practice with their youngest children. The report also proposes that early childhood teacher training should be largely separate from the discipline-oriented primary and secondary teacher education courses, and offer narrower specialization within the early childhood range. Improvement in early childhood education also depends upon the ability of the early childhood field as a whole to find its voice and advocate for good practice in all early childhood programs. Contains approximately 95 references. (TJQ)
Anmerkungen	Commonwealth Information Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601, Australia (Catalog No. 92-1805).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC