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Download full textKwon, Young-Ihm – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
This article examines early childhood curriculum in England. Traditional early childhood education in England has been child centered, in contrast to approaches that are subject centered and teacher directed, emphasizing individual children's interests, free play, firsthand experience, and integrated learning. However, recently, the government…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Drummond, Mary Jane – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2000
This article discusses the characteristics of three schools and considers what lessons modern educators might learn from them. The first school described is the Malting House school, where Susan Isaacs taught for several years. The Malting House school, which existed from 1924 to 1929 in Cambridge, England, teaches the lesson of looking, with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Innovation
