Learning and Teaching Scotland Making Connections between Curriculum for Excellence and Early Education and Childcare Courses

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Learning and Teaching ScotlandMaking
Connectionsbetween Curriculum for Excellence
and Early Education and Childcare Courses

• Further Education Conference
• Jean Carwood-Edwards
• Early Years Team Leader

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Our Vision

• LTS aspires to
• inspire a climate of innovation, ambition and
  excellence
• lead the support for practitioners, schools,
  centres and local authorities in improving the
  quality of education and raising levels of
  achievement of all learners
• drive improvements that ensure the curriculum and
  approaches to learning and teaching, including
  the use of ICT, assist children and young people
  in Scotland to develop their full potential
• build capacity and support the delivery of a
  first-class education in Scotland

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• Jean Carwood-Edwards
• Lynda Bancroft
• Jane Stirling
• Annette Burns
• Linda Lauchlan

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We are currently preparing children and young
people for jobs that dont yet exist Using
technologies that havent been invented In
order to solve problems we dont even know exist
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Curriculum Review - The National Debate

• .showed that people want a curriculum that
  will fully prepare todays children for adult
  life in the 21st century.

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Aims of Curriculum for Excellence

• Focus practice upon the child and around the four
  capacities
• Encourage more active learning
• Create a single framework for children and young
  people 3-18

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Principles for Curriculum Design

• Challenge and enjoyment
• Breadth
• Progression
• Depth
• Personalisation and choice
• Coherence
• Relevance

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Building the Curriculum 1

• Practitioners are the key to successful
  implementation of Curriculum for Excellence.

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Curriculum Areas

• Health and Well Being
• Languages and Literacy
• Mathematics and Numeracy
• Technologies

• Sciences
• Social Studies
• Expressive Arts
• Religious and Moral Education

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To bear in mind when planning

• Creativity
• Citizenship
• Enterprise
• Sustainable
  Development

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Proposed Framework
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Early Level

• Level shared across pre-school and primary
• Experiences and outcomes open and broad
• Described in 8 curriculum areas
• A journey developmentally appropriate
• Emphasis on experiential learning
• Reflects the holistic and integrated nature of
  early years education

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Building The Curriculum 2

• Active Learning..
• Active learning is learning which engages and
  challenges children's thinking using real-life
  and imaginary situations.
• (Building the Curriculum
  2)

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Active Learning provides opportunities for

• Spontaneous and planned, purposeful play
• Investigating and exploring
• Events and life experiences
• Focused learning and teaching
• The adult supports and extends learning
  through sensitive intervention.
  

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Active Learning,,,,,,,,,,

• Promotes independence innovation
• within real and relevant contexts..
• Collaborative Working
• Explaining Thinking
• Decision Making
• Reflecting
• Making Connections
• Transferring learning to new situations

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• Social Studies - Early Level
• Experiences and Outcomes (Draft)
• I can make a personal link to the past by
  exploring items or images connected with
  important individuals or special events in my
  life.
• (SOC 001A)

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• Mathematics (Numeracy) - Early Level
• Experiences and Outcomes (Draft)
• I can match objects and sort using my own and
  others criteria sharing my ideas with others.
• MNU 011

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• Health and Wellbeing - Early Level
• Experiences and Outcomes (Draft)
• I recognise the need to follow rules and to be
  aware of my own and others needs and feelings
  especially when taking turns and sharing
  resources.
• HWB 006E

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Building the Curriculum 3

• Framework for planning a curriculum which meets
  needs of all from 3 - 18

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Effective teaching and active, sustained
learning
The curriculum all that we plan for children
and young peoples learning
Values Wisdom, justice, Compassion, integrity
Experiences and Outcomes 8 curriculum areas
Entitlements
Principles for planning Challenge and
enjoyment Breadth Progression Depth Personalisatio
n and choice Coherence Relevance
CPD Self-evaluation and accountability Assessment,
Qualifications Aligned with purposes
Support for learning through choices and
changes into positive and sustained destinations
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CfE levels
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www.curriculumforexcellencescotland.gov.uk

• j.carwoodedwards_at_LTScotland.org.uk

27/01/2012