Te Wháriki Report This report is on Te Whariki: Early Childhood Curriculum in which we follow as a framework for teaching in New Zealand. This report is going to cover the three broad age groups Te Whariki is based upon. It will explain the principles and strands of Te Whariki and the impact it has on a developing child. It will describe the purpose of Te Whariki and discuss ways it is used by early childhood education services throughout New Zealand. It will describe Te Whariki’s support for
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Te Whāriki report Introduction This report identifies‚ describes and discusses the content of Te Whāriki while developing the knowledge of the woven guidelines‚ strands and principles which come together to create the early childhood curriculum. Identify The three age groups of Te Whāriki are Infants – birth to eighteen months‚ Toddler – One year to three years and young child – two and a half years to school entry age. These age groups over lap by six months to allow a child to develop and
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Te Whaariki and its relationship with teaching and learning practices for children in an Early Childhood Education(ECE) Services In my report I will be demonstrating my knowledge of the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum which is Te Whaariki: He Whariki Matauranga mo nga Mokopuna o Aotearoa. It was introduced in 1980 by Helen May and Margret Carr and was published in 1996 for all early childhood education in New Zealand. Te Whaariki is a curriculum guideline for teachers and educators in an
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developmental domains. These being physical‚ cognitive‚ language‚ social/emotional and spiritual. They are not necessarily distinct but interweave with each other to complete a whole picture of the developing child. Each domain influences and is influenced in turn by the others. The principals and strands of Te Whariki support this holistic development as they too interweave within each other. In this essay I will discuss how Te Whariki our national curriculum supports each of the above domains. Physical
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Te Whariki and Concepts of Play How important is play to children’s life? Is it just for fun‚ or is it actually a passage for children to learn? According to a research conducted in French and Canadian schools‚ children who spent one-third of school time engaging in physical activity were “increased in fitness‚ improved attitudes‚ and slight improvements in test scores.” And the outcomes correspond with nearly 200 other studies suggesting that “physical activity supports learning.” (Olga S‚ 2003
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Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia is a place in Italy. After the war the local women decided to use the rubble of old houses destroyed during the war and build schools for their young people. Loris Malaguzzi was the first creative director and believed that children were competent‚ creative learners from birth. This type of schooling in Reggio Emilia started in 1945 but hasn’t been recognised worldwide until recently. Reggio Emilia is in the northern regions of Italy. They have an approach which
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This essay will describe five developmental domains‚ Cognitive‚ Language‚ Social and Emotional‚ Physical and Holistic Development‚ and discuss how Te Whariki supports and promotes the development of each domain in the early childhood sector. The definition of Cognitive Development as stated by the Encyclopaedia of Children’s Health‚ is the construction of thought processes‚ including remembering‚ problem-solving and decision-making from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. According to
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Te Whàriki He Whàriki Màtauranga mò ngà Mokopuna o Aotearoa Early Childhood Curriculum Ministry of Education Learning Media Wellington Published for the Ministry of Education by Learning Media Limited‚ Box 3293‚ Wellington‚ New Zealand. © Crown copyright 1996 All rights reserved. Enquiries should be made to the publisher. ISBN 0 478 02980 2 Dewey number 372.21 Item number 02980 2 E tipu e rea Mò ngà rà o tòu ao Ko tò ringa ki ngà ràkau a te Pàkehà Hei ara mò tò tinana Ko tò ngàkau ki ngà
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The three domains of development are Physical development‚ Cognitive development and Socioemotional development. Physical development is the changes that take place in a person’s body and not just the once you can physically see. It is things like hair color‚ weight‚ height‚ growth of bones and development of organs. Cognitive development is how the humans mind is developed. It is how we obtain information and how is processed and how it’s used. Socioemotional development is the emotional changes
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Identify The Three Domains Of Development Identify the three domains of development‚ as described in Chapter 1. The three domains of adult development are physical development‚ cognitive development‚ and social and emotional development. The interesting fact about the study of physical development is that it not only looks at obvious physical changes but at the unseen changes such as changes in the brain (Witt‚ Mossler‚ 2010‚ p. 3). Although both the study of physical development and cognitive development
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