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2.     Many schools have a shortage of teachers in specific subjects because of the lack of enough programs provided by the MOE ECE curriculum. A sufficient amount of training should be provided to overcome this issue of lacking MOE ECE curriculum teachers.

 

3.     MOE ECE curriculum also lacks in incorporating educational games in early childhood education classrooms, which plays a great role in efficiently delivering specific information. 

 

Relating to the teaching experience now, achievement of the students learning skills has been seen when the educators comply with the specific policies mentioned in the curriculum. Students were seen to be confident in participating in different assessments related to their concepts due to their teachers implementing the correct order in their planning according to what the intended curriculum wants them to do. However, in the last teaching practices, it has been identified that some of the schools are ignoring the rules mentioned in the intended curriculum, which resulted in learning gaps in the students. As a result of regular inspections from the ministry, school educators are bound to follow the rules and regulations mentioned. 

 

2.     Qualified educators who have trained and obtained knowledge in early childhood curriculums assist the school in overcoming the shortage of teachers that are gradually increasing nowadays. Ministry of Education's ECE curriculum should take enough initiatives in the universities with an education department to include more early childhood programs. Alvarado (2021) states that early childhood education program is not only learning about basic skills but also much more than that. She emphasizes that it's the most important time when children obtain their cognitive, social, and emotional skills, which is the critical groundwork throughout their education. Therefore, by considering the importance of preparing early childhood educators throughout every school, the MOE ECE curriculum should create enough awareness across all education departments to produce enough early childhood teachers

 

Relating to the teaching experience now, the shortage of ECE teachers has been monitored where many of the students affected in their learning gaps. It was found out that the schools are hiring ECE educators from outside, which resulted in conflict on planning their learning outcomes in particular subjects. So, by considering the above-mentioned circumstances MOE should emphasize this fact deeply so that sufficient amount of early childhood educators could be provided in every school to avoid shortage.

3.     Integrating educational games in ECE curriculums plays an immense in developing their critical thinking skills. Moreover, it reinforces the students to become more involved in learning, and class positivity rises when implemented in teaching content. Students develop a sense of competitiveness in their daily learning tasks. As a result, they gradually determine self-responsible in their learning and actively participates in every lesson. According to Olsson et al. (2015), nowadays in the virtual learning environment, students in their learning journey feel bored and lonely. As a result, visualization and gamification should be implemented to feel them motivated. From this point of view, every school must determine the fact that integrating educational games in the ECE curriculum encourages the students to develop their cognitive skills and makes them critical problem solvers.

 

Relating to the current teaching practice, it has been identified that when games are included in the curriculum for particular courses, students easily understand what the teacher is teaching them each day. It kept a great influence that students began to participate more in every day's lesson whereas before the students felt bored and frustrated when lectures are implemented in the classroom. It is improving day by day by including the educational games in the MOE ECE curriculum, however, enough initiatives should be considered to integrate gamification in every area, not only sticking to one. 

Your child will mostly be taught through games and play.

The areas of learning are:

·       Communication and language encourages conversations and spoken language skills. Underpinning all skills, it's foundational for children to be able to interact with their peers and their learning environment. It's split into the following distinct areas:
- Listening, Attention and Understanding
- Speaking

·       Physical development is vital for healthy lives, as well as affecting other areas of learning. Both gross and fine motor skills are developed over Early Years in activities like writing and cutting. Practitioners plan by looking at these specific areas:
- Gross Motor Skills
- Fine Motor Skills

·       Personal, social and emotional development
focusses on children's mental and physical wellbeing. Children work on long-term skills and awarenesses to build a healthy foundation they can take forward. It's divided into these topics:
- Self-Regulation
- Managing Self
- Building Relationships

·       Literacy skills will form a strong foundation for children's school careers, and are split simply into:
- Comprehension
- Word Reading
- Writing

·       Mathematics area of learning focusses on simple concepts that are foundational to higher maths topics in KS1 and up. In EYFS children focus on the maths areas of:
- Number
- Numerical Patterns

·       Understanding the world supports children's learning about the surrounding environment. In this area of learning, children can explore new cultures and better understand basics that we often take for granted.
- Past and Present
- People, Culture, and Communities
- The Natural World

·       Expressive arts and design supports children's creative development and expression. It helps children create their own art works and encourages them to value their own thoughts, opinions and skills. The two areas in this area of learning are:
- Creating with Materials
- Being Imaginative and Expressive

EYFS Curriculum Aims:

The Early Years Foundation Stage guidelines aim to provide:

Parents are encouraged to complete the activities on a daily basis to support their children in their physical, language, cognitive, social and emotional development.

Curriculum design is the process of planning a curriculum and associated activities, environments and interactions for early childhood based on agreed priorities for children's learning. This will look different in every early childhood setting.

Key concepts of ECE Curriculum: 
1 Assessment
2 Birth to Three
3 Brain Studies and Neuroscience
4 Child Minding and Home Care
5 Developmentally Appropriate Practice
6 Early Intervention Studies
7 Early Literacy Development
8 Family Literacy
9 Foundation Stage
10 Gender
11 High Scope Preschool

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