Organization and Management of ECDD Programmes

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECCD PROGRAMMES

Lesson 10: Curriculum approaches for programme planning in ECCE

Curriculum approaches for programme planning in ECCE

The content and composition of the pre-primary programme including all daily activities, transitions and routines which impact on the child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual development is called as curriculum.

Curriculum model refers to an educational system that combines theory with practice. A curriculum model has a theory and knowledge base that reflects a philosophical orientation and is supported in varying degrees by child development research and educational evaluation.

The practical application of a curriculum model includes guidelines on how to setup the physical environment, structure the activities, interact with the children and their families and support staff members in the initial training and the implementation of the programme. The following are some of the curriculum models:

• The Bank Street Approach/Developmental Interactionist Model
  
• The Direct Instruction Approach
  
• The Cognitively Oriented High Scope Approach
  
• Integrated whole Language Curriculum
  
• Transformational Curriculum
  
• The Project Approach
  
• Emergent Curriculum
  
• Open structures integrated learning Approach
  
• The Scholastic Early Childhood Programme
  
• Waldorf curriculum