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Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
(CCAAC)
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The Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
(CCAAC) is dedicated to promoting quality, publicly funded child care accessible to all.
Our organization is non-profit, membership-based and regionally
representative.
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Purpose of project: to facilitate a national dialogue on curriculum issues in national policy making resulting in the establishment of a national curriculum policy framework.
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Objectives :1. Increased knowledge of curriculum in
national policy making through dissemination of research findings and current issues.
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Objectives :2. Increased collaboration between
sectors involved in early learning and child care through engagement in public consultation to identify and implement common values and early childhood education goals.
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Objectives :3. Create a national curriculum / pedagogical
framework that will provide a common foundation on which to build programs that enhance children’s early learning and development.
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What is a national curriculum / pedagogical framework ?
Articulating our Vision:What, as a nation, do we envision for our children in the context of early learning and child care services?
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John Bennett of the OECD (2004) defines curriculum:A short, general framework that includes: •A statement of principles… •A summary of programme standards…•An outline of goals for children…•Pedagogical principles and guidelines
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The term “curriculum” is used…to describe the sum total of the experiences, activities, and events, whether direct or indirect, which occur within an environment designed to foster children’s learning and development.
- New Zealand’s Te Whariki
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This curriculum framework for a children’s service is a foundation out of which come the daily experiences of children, their families and the professionals who work with them. It is not mainly about what professionals in children’s services do or how they go about their practice; rather, most importantly, this curriculum framework is about why: a rationale for practice. – New South Wales, Australia
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Curriculum approach continuum (John Bennett 2004)
Broad Developmental Goals
FocusedCognitive Goals
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Two main approaches to ELCC curriculum:
1.The Social Pedagogy Approach2.The Infant School Approach
(John Bennett 2004)
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The Social Pedagogy Approach•A focus on the whole child; “education in the broad sense”•Strong inter-generational and community outreach•A short core curriculum to guide early education practice, local interpretation encouraged(John Bennett 2004)
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The Social Pedagogy Approach
•Curricula are generally developed in the centres, based on the objectives and content of the core curriculum•A Play-based, active and experiential pedagogy…with an emphasis on the outdoors•Little system monitoring of child outcomes or measures (the centre’s responsibility…)(John Bennett 2004)
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The Infant School Approach
Focus on readiness for school •Parent/community dimension is underplayed except in at-risk situations•A detailed curriculum by a curriculum authority for 3-6 year olds, central specification(John Bennett 2004)
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The Infant School Approach
Structural quality is less•A restrained, teacher-directed play-based pedagogy•Attention is given to achieving curricular aims and to measuring individual performance(John Bennett 2004)
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The Social Pedagogy Approach:•Sweden, Finland, Norway, Eastern European countries
The Infant School Approach:•USA, Belgium, France, Ireland, Korea, UK, Mexico, Netherlands
(John Bennett 2004)
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OECD: Starting Strong
OECD review of ELCC identifies Canada as the only nation of twenty with no articulated vision for early childhood care and education (ELCC)
Canada’s Emerging Vision
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OECD: Starting StrongCanada is among the richest nations yet•Lowest spender•Lowest provision of services•High rates of child poverty
Canada’s Emerging Vision
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Recent Developments in CanadaNational Forum on Child Care – CCAAC / CCCF (1994)
Guiding Principles for Quality Child Care in Canada:•Affordability•Quality•Availability and Accessibility•Accountability
Canada’s Emerging Vision
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Recent Developments in Canada
National Children’s Agenda•Child Poverty•Children’s Rights
Canada’s Emerging Vision
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Recent Developments in Canada
First Ministers’ Communiqué: Early Childhood Development AgreementSeptember 2000
Canada’s Emerging Vision
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Recent Developments in Canada
First Ministers’ Communiqué:Multilateral Framework for Early Learning and Child Care (2003)
Canada’s Emerging Vision
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Recent Developments in Canada
Moving Forward on Early Learning and Child Care:Bilateral Agreements between the Government of Canada and each Provincial Government (2005)
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Recent Developments in CanadaTermination of Bilateral Agreements; replaced with:•Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) direct subsidy to parents ($100 / month)•Additional transfers under the CST to provinces and territories ($250 million)
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Recent Developments in CanadaThe primary purpose of child care in Canada has been seen politically as the provision of care in the parent’s absence, generally so that parents can be employed or engage in training/education.- OECD
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Recent Developments in CanadaIn recent years, there has been a move away from this conception of child care to a more developmental perspective, at least among the administrators, national councils and community groups responsible for the sector. Though this concern has not always been translated into reality by governments – often due to inadequate financing…- OECD
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Recent Developments in CanadaThe women’s movement has for decades highlighted the lack of child care as a significant barrier to achieving women’s equality and gender equity.“Child care is the ramp that provides equal access to the workplace for mothers...” Judge Rosalie Abella, 1984
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Recent Developments in CanadaSignatories should take appropriate measures to encourage the provision of the necessary supporting services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participate in public life, in particular through promoting the establishment and development of a network of child care facilities.United Nations, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1982 (Canada is a signatory)
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Recent Developments in CanadaHow can these competing concepts be integrated into a single vision or model?
Peter Moss (2006) discusses the change from a child care discourse to a pedagogical discourse in England:
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Pedagogy, Policy and Quality
Parenting
Gender
Employment Children as
Citizens
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Recent Developments in CanadaQuality by Design, Canada’s most comprehensive research on quality (Beach, Friendly – CRRU) identify the elements of a quality system beginning with ideas:
Quality
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Recent Developments in Canada“…begins with a statement of the values held by the society and what it wants for its children. The values statement is based on implicit societal values and beliefs about the nature of the child and childhood. It is coloured by the history, circumstances and context - economic, social and cultural - in which the society exists.”
Quality
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Vision
What do provinces value in ELCC?
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Vision
All provinces and territories* endorsed a vision, values, and goals for children as
part of the National Children’s Agenda in May 2000. The Communiqué on Early
Childhood Development (2000) and the Communiqué on the Multilateral
Framework Agreement (2003) further refine agreement.
(*with the exception of Quebec)
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2005 Early Learning and Child Care Agreements in Principle:
Extensive discussion and consensus building across levels of government in identifying key principles for early learning and child care.
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Vision - Provinces
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2005 Early Learning and Child Care Agreements in Principle:Provinces and territories began to develop their own action plans. While these agreements have now expired, many jurisdictions are following through with these plans, and have experienced considerable progress in achieving their goals.
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In most provinces, vision statements (and in some cases, values, principles, and goals) are intended to guide the development of all policy and program initiatives for children, including early learning and child care programs.
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Vision - Provinces
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The majority of provinces and territories do not have a distinct “vision” for children who participate in early learning and child care programs.
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•A number of provinces have developed broad statements to either describe their intent for the nature of early learning and child care programs, or to guide the development of program delivery systems. •tend to focus on the system elements, rather than to describe visions for children who participate in early learning and child care programs
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Vision Statements regarding children and families typically do not clearly define a provincial or territorial position as to whether early childhood education and care programs are to value children for who they are in the “here and now” or whether the intent is to prepare children for “who they may become”.
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Curriculum Frameworks
Although no province or territory has formally introduced an early learning and child care curriculum, there is considerable work underway across Canada to do so.
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Five provinces now have draft versions of documents at varying stages of readiness:
QuebecNew BrunswickSaskatchewan
British Columbia Ontario
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What do other countries’ citizens value in ELCC?
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Ireland
All young children will have access to and participate in a range of quality education and care services and supports of an internationally accepted standard through a plan implemented over the next ten years (2005-2015).
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VisionIreland - Principles for ECCE Policy: •Valuing children’s competence and contribution•Holistic support for young children’s well-being, learning and development•Universal access for all children to early childhood care and education•Ongoing quality development in policy, infrastructure and service provision•Building on existing partnerships
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Vision
SwedenChild care in Sweden has two primary
aims:1. to support and encourage children's
development and learning and2. to enable parents to combine their
childcare responsibilities with education or employment
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Vision
SwedenECCE has had high priority for several decades
and is viewed as:• a central component of family policy in Sweden• a cornerstone of the Swedish publicly funded
social welfare system. • an important task for society• the first step in the life-long learning process
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Vision
New Zealandto grow up as competent and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body, and spirit, secure in their sense of belonging and in the knowledge that they make a valued contribution to society.
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FinlandThe foundation on which these values rests expresses the ethical attitude which shall characterise all pre-school activity. Care and consideration towards other persons, as well as justice and equality, in addition to the rights of each individual shall be emphasized and made explicit in all preschool activity.
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FinlandChildren assimilate ethical values and norms primarily through their concrete experiences. The attitudes of adults influence the child’s understanding and respect for the rights and obligations that apply in a democratic society. For this reason adults serve an important role as models.
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Pedagogy, Policy and Quality
Consultation
Process•Facilitated meetings, focus groups, workshops with Canadians representing our diverse geography•Community members and government officials
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Consultation
Groups and Sectors
•Disability•Aboriginal•International•Rural, remote, northern
•Anti-poverty•Labour•Research / Academia•Etc.
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Vision
What we heard
•Canadians want a system to support children and families•Governments at all levels have a responsibility for both leadership and investment
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Vision
What we heard – Canadians value:•Children in their current state of childhood•Optimal child development•The importance of parents in the early childhood years
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What we heard – Canadians value:•Communities’ roles in contributing to children and families’ well-being•Community-based and developed services•Balance – family/work and community/individual
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Vision
What we heard – Canadians value:•Strong parental involvement and decision making•Universality•Inclusion – particularly for children with diverse abilities•Equality /equity
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What we heard – Canadians value:•Culture and language•Diversity•Respect for nature and outdoors•Fairness and democracy •The importance of loving relationships in children’s lives
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Pedagogy, Policy and Quality
Vision
What we heard – Canadians value:Elements contributing to quality:•ECE professionals who are adequately compensated, respected, and educated•Standards: more than safe and healthy – nurturing, developmental, well-resourced, bright attractive environments
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Pedagogy, Policy and Quality
Vision
What we heard – Canadians value:
•Federal leadership•Shared jurisdictional responsibility•Collaboration at all levels: federal, provincial/territorial, municipal, regional, aboriginal, and community
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Canada’s Vision must incorporate:•Our progress to date – build on what we have•A collaborative approach with provinces and territories that recognizes jurisdictional responsibility while providing continuity and equity for all children and families in Canada
Pedagogy, Policy and Quality
Moving Forward
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Canada’s Vision must incorporate:
•Valuable lessons from other nations•The voices of Canadians
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Moving Forward
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Moving Forward
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Pedagogy, Policy and Quality
Putting your money where your mouth is…