In Search of Bold Beginnings: 'Good Early Education,' Ethics and Moral Responsibility

Autor/in	Bates, Agnieszka
Titel	In Search of Bold Beginnings: 'Good Early Education,' Ethics and Moral Responsibility
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 60 (2018) 3, S.279-288 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Curriculum; Curriculum Implementation; Phonics; Teaching Methods; Educational Principles; Reports; Criticism; Ethics; Moral Values; Foreign Countries; Numeracy; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsprinzip; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Kritik; Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ausland; Rechenkompetenz; Großbritannien
Abstract	The Ofsted report entitled Bold Beginnings: the Reception curriculum in a sample of good and outstanding primary schools is part of a research programme aimed at reviewing the primary curriculum and its implementation. Although the report highlights the 'uniqueness' of the Reception year, it also undermines the principles of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and much independent research on early education by heavily privileging synthetic phonics and number work. Serious concerns have, therefore, been voiced about the report, in relation both to Ofsted's recommended approach to 'good early education' and to aspects of its research methodology. This article focuses on the absence of explicit ethical reflection in the report and proposes an alternative approach to early education that arises from the notion of 'moral responsibility' as the foundation of good education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01