Achieving Quality in Early Childhood Education in the Eastern Caribbean Depends on Teacher Preparation

Autor/in	Burns, Sheron C.
Titel	Achieving Quality in Early Childhood Education in the Eastern Caribbean Depends on Teacher Preparation
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 188 (2018) 9, S.1246-1259 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2017.1310723
Schlagwörter	Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; Teacher Education; Primary Education; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Foreign Countries; Antigua and Barbuda; Anguilla; Dominica; Grenada; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Virgin Islands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Primarbereich; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Ausland; Antigua und Barbuda; Jungferninseln
Abstract	Teachers' knowledge and use of developmentally appropriate strategies are vital for creating the enabling early learning environments that foster the development of the ideal Caribbean Community (CARICOM) citizen who is ready to face the challenges of living in the twenty-first century. Early childhood education in the Eastern Caribbean refers to pre-primary education [EDMU-OECS. (2012). The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Education Sector Strategy 2012-2021, Retrieved July 5, 2015, from http://www.oecs.org/edmu-resources/oecs-education-strategy; EDMU-OECS. (2014). "OECS education statistical digest" 2012/2013]. Thus five to seven year old children, during the first three years at the primary education level, are being denied their rights to developmentally appropriate learning since their teachers are seldom trained in early childhood philosophy. Teacher competence is needed to 'get things to happen on the ground level' [Fullan, M. (1996). Professional culture and educational change. "School Psychology Review," 25(4), 496-500, p. 496]. Thus, Quality Early Childhood Education in the Eastern Caribbean can be achieved if teachers of young children have knowledge of early childhood pedagogy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01