Play, participation and democracy
In England, research has influenced the development of the Early Years Foundation stage so that play is endorsed as the main approach to the curriculum for children from birth to 5. However, practitioners are exhorted to ensure a balance of adult-led and child-led activities, and to ensure children achieve certain prescribed goals. This culture of performativity and surveillance is confirmed by the government’s reported facile dismissal of the Cambridge Review, Which advocates play based learning until age 6, as ‘backward looking’. Surely an early childhood education which affords young children opportunities to negotiate with peers to be respectful of others, their views and feelings, to make choices and decisions, to comprehend the implications of those decisions, is the basis of living in a democracy?
Play, participation and democracy
In England, research has influenced the development of the Early Years Foundation stage so that play is endorsed as the main approach to the curriculum for children from birth to 5. However, practitioners are exhorted to ensure a balance of adult-led and child-led activities, and to ensure children achieve certain prescribed goals. This culture of performativity and surveillance is confirmed by the government’s reported facile dismissal of the Cambridge Review, Which advocates play based learning until age 6, as ‘backward looking’. Surely an early childhood education which affords young children opportunities to negotiate with peers to be respectful of others, their views and feelings, to make choices and decisions, to comprehend the implications of those decisions, is the basis of living in a democracy?
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