Anne Brass and Jan Dubiel introduce the Durham Early Years Curriculum Project. This project involves 26 schools across Durham, focusing on strengthening purposeful curriculum design and implementation, and empowering leaders and educators in creating meaningful contexts for progressive teaching and learning.
This episode is the first in a series on Education Durham, an ongoing project with Durham Education and Coram Hempsall's. Upcoming episodes and articles will include project progress through educator voices. To find out more about the project visit: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/projects/education-durham-project/
Episode break down:
00:00 - Curriculum project introduction
07:00 - Senior leadership teams understanding early years curricula
08:50 - Increasing number of 2-year-olds in school provision
13:00 - Educator agency, autonomy and confidence in curriculum development
16:10 - Defining and understanding the term curriculum
17:20 - A curriculum is not just 'planning'
19:00 - Understanding sequencing of learning
22:15 - What we can all learn from special educational needs schools
23:20 - Network meetings within the project
26:35 - Learning behaviours within the curriculum
30:20 - The EYFS is about teaching children how to learn
32:30 - Developing the architecture of being a learner
34:32 - Curriculum project session 2
35:00 - Educator voices as part of the project
39:00 - Ongoing project progression
For more episodes visit The Voice of Early Childhood website: https://www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com
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