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Belonging, community and capability: listening to the voices of young children to realise process quality in early childhood curriculum enactment in Wales
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Jacky Tyrie ,
Sarah Chicken ,
Cathryn Knight ,
Ellie Grout
Education 3-13, Pages: 1 - 14
Swansea University Authors:
Jacky Tyrie , Cathryn Knight
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/03004279.2023.2276854
Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of how to achieve process quality in early childhood education (ECE) in a manner that attends to young children’s views. Process quality, the interactional experiences of the child in ECE, is highlighted by the OECD as a critical driver for development and so should...
| Published in: | Education 3-13 |
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| ISSN: | 0300-4279 1475-7575 |
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Informa UK Limited
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64846 |
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This paper addresses the problem of how to achieve process quality in early childhood education (ECE) in a manner that attends to young children’s views. Process quality, the interactional experiences of the child in ECE, is highlighted by the OECD as a critical driver for development and so should be the focus of ECE curriculum enactment, which should be responsive to children's interests. We report findings from a project that explored young children’s educational experiences of ECE during Covid-19 that provide insight into what children value in ECE. These findings can be used to consider how we ensure process quality in ECE by attending to what children value in curriculum enactment. The findings demonstrate the value that children place on belonging to the school community and illustrate young children’s capacities to express their experiences with nuance and detail. |
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| Keywords: |
Children’s voice; Wales; COVID-19; process quality; early years; curriculum enactment |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Funders: |
Welsh Government |
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1 |
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14 |