Using Your Knowledge of the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage and National Curriculum, Discuss Both in Terms of Good Practice in the Early Years
Using your knowledge of the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage and National Curriculum, discuss both in terms of good practice in the Early Years.
“The National Curriculum lies at the heart of our policies to raise standards. It sets out a clear, full and statutory entitlement to learning for all pupils. It determines the content of what will be taught, and sets attainment targets for learning. It also determines how performance will be assessed and reported.”
(The National Curriculum, 1999, p.3.)
This essay will examine both the National Curriculum and Foundation Stage Curriculum guidance and how they outline good practice. It will explore the needs of children of different ages and how the curriculum is set out to encourage their learning. It will look at the role of the adult in the early year’s curriculum and how they plan and implement the curriculum. This essay will also explore into relevant research such as EPPE and its findings on early years provision. The studies of theorists such as Piaget, Froebel and Montessori will be looked at in relation to good practice and their influences on current beliefs relating to the way children learn.
This essay will also explore government strategies and how they have influenced the way children are educated. Overall this essay will examine the National Curriculum and the Foundation Stage Curriculum and how they are designed to encourage good practice.
In 2000 the government formally introduced the Foundation Stage Curriculum as a distinct phase of education for children aged 3 to 5 years. This was to follow up the introduction of The Early Learning Goals in October 1999 and was to give practitioners guidance on how to help children make good progress and to help the practitioners understand what the goals mean. The guidance was formed through the QCA working with early year’s practitioners and experts.
“The purpose of the guidance is to help practitioners provide learning and teaching experiences of
“The National Curriculum lies at the heart of our policies to raise standards. It sets out a clear, full and statutory entitlement to learning for all pupils. It determines the content of what will be taught, and sets attainment targets for learning. It also determines how performance will be assessed and reported.”
(The National Curriculum, 1999, p.3.)
This essay will examine both the National Curriculum and Foundation Stage Curriculum guidance and how they outline good practice. It will explore the needs of children of different ages and how the curriculum is set out to encourage their learning. It will look at the role of the adult in the early year’s curriculum and how they plan and implement the curriculum. This essay will also explore into relevant research such as EPPE and its findings on early years provision. The studies of theorists such as Piaget, Froebel and Montessori will be looked at in relation to good practice and their influences on current beliefs relating to the way children learn.
This essay will also explore government strategies and how they have influenced the way children are educated. Overall this essay will examine the National Curriculum and the Foundation Stage Curriculum and how they are designed to encourage good practice.
In 2000 the government formally introduced the Foundation Stage Curriculum as a distinct phase of education for children aged 3 to 5 years. This was to follow up the introduction of The Early Learning Goals in October 1999 and was to give practitioners guidance on how to help children make good progress and to help the practitioners understand what the goals mean. The guidance was formed through the QCA working with early year’s practitioners and experts.
“The purpose of the guidance is to help practitioners provide learning and teaching experiences of