Renection sheet 10.4 critically renoctng on the role of the earty childhood services in society My initial Thinkers whose Reflection questions ideas I share ideas How should I structure children's leaming? Where should curriculum content come from? ls my position conforming, reforming or transforming? Equity implications whoso interests does my position benefit? Ideas clarification exercise 10-2 Soma simple starting points to building an approach to curriculum planning Review the ideas in the chapters in Part II and then artempr one or more of the following tasks to help you to get started on developing your approach to curriculum planning Retirm the Planning Jarman in the ldour rullery au uhe and of rhir chapter Try to classify them into technical practical and critical approaches to planning formaL Which planning format do you think you would be most comfortable using and why? Which format sits most comfortably with your philosophy positions on the child as a learner and on the role of early childhood education in socicty? Generute some aurrikulum metaphurs Try to find some metaphors tut capture approaches to curriculum planning that you have seen Add these metaphors to reflection shect 10.5. What are the pros and cons you sce in cach of these approaches to planning? Reflection shoct 10.5 Metaphors for curriculum Metaphors for curriculum planning Pros Cons The Egg Carton curriculum which emphasizes the gimmicky art and craft(Stonehouse 1988). Tho Acceleration curricutum which emphasues hurrying the child to the next skill level(Stonohouse 1988), The Fin in the Blanks curriculum which emphasizes listing activities for the sake of filing in the daily boxes of what to do when(Stonehouse 1988), The Calendar curriculum(Spodek 2002).