Bruces 10 Principles
Discuss how Bruce’s (2005) Ten Principles of Early Childhood Practise have influenced the Core Value Statements for the Early Childhood Care and Education Sector in Ireland.
This essay is going to discuss the main links between Tina Bruce’s Ten Bedrock Principles and the core value statement for the early childhood education sector in Ireland.
I have chosen three of Tina Bruce’s principles to look at. This essay is going to show how these have influenced three of the core values for the early childhood education sector.
In Bruce’s bedrock principles, the first of the ten states:
“The best way to prepare children for their adult life is to give them what they need as children.”
The core value statement for early childhood care and education states that, “Childhood in its own right.”
Looking at both statements it can be seen how Bruce has influenced the core value statement. In Bruce’s, all three pioneers of early childhood practise Frobel, Montessori and Steiner say that childhood should not just be used for children simply to get ready for adult life. All three believed that childhood is important in its own right.
“Childhood is a state to be protected and allowed develop without damage in a specially prepared environment.”(Bruce pp18)
Childhood is a period when the basic fundamentals of life are introduced. Bruner used a spiral curriculum to teach children the basic of things that could be thought in more depth when the child is older. Bruner stressed that the early childhood practitioner should be preparing children for later learning and knowledge.
Childhood is a stage in its own right but it also provides a foundation of knowledge for children to build upon and enter adulthood well prepared.
Number four of Bruce’s principles is “Children learn best when they are given appropriate responsibility, allowed to experiment, make errors, decisions and choices, and are respected autonomous learners. This is repeated in the core
This essay is going to discuss the main links between Tina Bruce’s Ten Bedrock Principles and the core value statement for the early childhood education sector in Ireland.
I have chosen three of Tina Bruce’s principles to look at. This essay is going to show how these have influenced three of the core values for the early childhood education sector.
In Bruce’s bedrock principles, the first of the ten states:
“The best way to prepare children for their adult life is to give them what they need as children.”
The core value statement for early childhood care and education states that, “Childhood in its own right.”
Looking at both statements it can be seen how Bruce has influenced the core value statement. In Bruce’s, all three pioneers of early childhood practise Frobel, Montessori and Steiner say that childhood should not just be used for children simply to get ready for adult life. All three believed that childhood is important in its own right.
“Childhood is a state to be protected and allowed develop without damage in a specially prepared environment.”(Bruce pp18)
Childhood is a period when the basic fundamentals of life are introduced. Bruner used a spiral curriculum to teach children the basic of things that could be thought in more depth when the child is older. Bruner stressed that the early childhood practitioner should be preparing children for later learning and knowledge.
Childhood is a stage in its own right but it also provides a foundation of knowledge for children to build upon and enter adulthood well prepared.
Number four of Bruce’s principles is “Children learn best when they are given appropriate responsibility, allowed to experiment, make errors, decisions and choices, and are respected autonomous learners. This is repeated in the core
References: Bruce T. (2005) Early Childhood Education (3rd ed.), London: Hodder & Stoughton. Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (2002) Quality Childcare and Lifelong Learning: Model Framework for Education, Training and Professional Development in the Early Childhood Care and Education Sector, Dublin: The Stationery Office