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O'Sullivan, Lisha; Ring, Emer – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The field of early childhood education is propelled by guiding principles stemming from philosophical and child development research positions. While the guiding principles of high-quality early childhood education are influenced by universal and local perspectives, it is critical that early childhood curricula and pedagogy are firmly…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Child Development, Self Control, Sociocultural Patterns
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Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia; Sandberg, Anette – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the meaning that Swedish preschool teachers ascribe to systematic quality work. In Sweden, all preschools are required to work systematically with quality issues. This involves several interdependent steps that follow each other in a specific order. Although the concept of systematic quality work might…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Hussain, Hanin; Conner, Lindsey; Mayo, Elaine – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2014
This paper uses the discourse of complexity thinking to envision curriculum as six partial and coupled facets that exist simultaneously: curriculum as structure, curriculum as process, curriculum as content, curriculum as teaching, curriculum as learning and curriculum as activity. Such a curriculum is emergent and self-organising. It is emergent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Design