Author Denise Sheridan MA Student Ulla Beag was set up in 2010 as an inclusive green school, with a Play based pedagogy, delivered under the framework of Aistear. The aim was to provide the experience of an outdoor play environment similar to that in which I grew up; for both my own children and children in the localityContinue reading “A Day in the life of a Green School”
Category Archives: Contemporary Issues
Contemporary childhoods
A good awareness of current contemporary issues is vital when working in Early Education. There is a need to raise this cognisance amongst all who work with young children, emphasising the complexities of childhood in the twenty-first century and to understand further childhood in context, in all of its diversities and realities (McBlain, 2014). ImportancesContinue reading “Contemporary childhoods”
Professionalisation a critical issue
– An Early Year’s professional crisis in an urgent quest for professionalisation? (Author: Kellie Duggan – MA Student) As an early years manager/owner of several rural ECE settings in Ireland, I felt quiet strongly that the answer to the above issue was very straight forward – “The sector needs to be acknowledged for the workContinue reading “Professionalisation a critical issue”
Dr M’s thoughts 