Week Name Description
26 February - 4 March Page Early Childhood Education prior to five year plans
Page History of Early Childhood Education in five year plans
Page History Early Childhood Education in different countries
Page References
5 March - 11 March Page Sigmund Freud
Page Erik Erikson
Page Robert J Havighurst
Page Jean Piaget
Page Arnold Gessel
Page Jerome Bruner
Page Lawrence Kohlberg
Page References
12 March - 18 March Page Education Philosophers in ECE
Page Frederich Froebel
Page Maria Montessori
Page Rachel and Margaret MacMillan
Page Mahatma Gandhi
Page Rabindranath Tagore
Page Aurobindo Ghosh
Page Swami Dayanand
Page Swami Vivekananda
Page Gijubhai Badekha
Page Tarabai modak
Page References
19 March - 25 March Page Types of ECCE programmes
Page Based on funds and resources
Page Based on Philosophy
Page References
26 March - 1 April Page Management process
Page Planning
Page Steps in planning
Page Organizing
Page References
2 April - 8 April Page Staffing
Page Leading
Page Monitoring and controlling
Page Reference
9 April - 15 April Page Budgeting
Page Preparation of Budget
Page Types of budgets
Page Other Financial Responsibilities of a director
Page Reference
16 April - 22 April Page Arrangements for establishing needs
Page Children’s spaces
Page Adult spaces
Page Service areas
Page Selection of equipment - factors
Page Management of equipment
Page References
23 April - 29 April Page Staffing
Page Director’s role in staffing
Page Staffing Process
Page Staff Training
Page Staff supervision
Page Enrolling the children
Page References:
30 April - 6 May Page Curriculum approaches for programme planning in ECCE
Page The Bank Street Approach/Developmental Interactionist Model
Page The Direct Instruction Approach
Page The Cognitively Oriented High Scope Approach
Page Integrated whole Language Curriculum (Early childhood curriculum in the 1990s)
Page Steps involved in integrated curriculum planning
Page Transformational Curriculum
Page References
7 May - 13 May Page The Project Approach (Katz & Chard, 1993)
Page Emergent Curriculum
Page Open structures integrated learning approach (Fortson & Reiff, 1995)
Page The Scholastic Early Childhood Programme
Page Waldorf curriculum
Page References
14 May - 20 May Page Programme Philosophy
Page Programme planning – Principles
Page Characteristics of a good lesson plan.
Page References
21 May - 27 May Page Integrated Child Development Service Scheme (ICDS)
Page Creches and Day care Center Scheme
Page Early Childhood Education Scheme
Page Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
Page National Policy on Education (NPE)
Page References
28 May - 3 June Page National Organizations
Page National council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT, 1961)
Page National institute for public cooperation and child development (NIPCCD):
Page Indian Association for Preschool Education (IAPE)
Page Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) 1952
Page The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
Page Voluntary Organizations
Page References
4 June - 10 June Page International organizations
Page Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Page Association of Montessori International (AMI)
Page National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE)
Page The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Page World organization for early childhood education-United States national Committee (OMEP-UNSC)
Page National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Page International Union for Child Welfare (IUCW)
Page National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
Page Smart Start
Page British Association for Early Childhood Educators (BAECE)
Page United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF, 1946)
Page The Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC)
Page The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Page Ready to Learn
Page World Forum Foundation (WFF)
Page References
11 June - 17 June Page Monitoring And Evaluation- Concept
Page Purpose of evaluation
Page Evaluation principles
Page Evaluation components
Page Staff Evaluation
Page Children's Evaluation
Page Total programme evaluation
Page References