Ideas clarification exercise 10.3 Review the case studies that opened this chapter How the values and philosophy of each of the teachers affect their approach to curriculum planning? What a you see as the pros and cons of the different approaches to curriculum planning taken by Denise and Yarrrow? 2 Review the statements below in Ideas gallery 10.3 about how and what young children should be learning. Which approaches to pedagogy most closcly reflect your own? What does this suggest about which approach to curriculum planning you feel most comfortable with? Ideas gallery 10.3 How and what should young children be learning? From a USA teacher and author: "I try to stand aside and allow(the children to speak for themselves. It is not easy to wait and listen. (Paley 1986: xv) From the Swedish Childcare Commission: "(Dialogue pedagogy) starts from the idea that thero should be a continuous dialogue between the child and the adults, on both an inner and outer level, which implies a reciprocal giving and taking of emotions, experiences and knowledge." (SOU 1972 in Dahlberg et al. 1999: 124) From a Botswanian parent: "I want my child to be taught by a someone with a good heart towards me and my child.' (le Roux 2002: 69) From a Kenyan publication on early childhood development: childhood is seen as a time of freedom and a time when the self. confidence of adulthood is built. The Samburu believe that during the early