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Down with Meritocracy
I have been sadly disappointed by my 1958 book, The Rise of the Meritocracy. I coined a word which has gone into general circulation, especially in the United States, and most recently found a prominent place in the speeches of Mr Blair.
Taking a Stand - Part 1: When there are few Merits in Meritocracy
It is difficult to write about meritocracy, especially when one has benefited from a system that extols the virtues of hard work, effort, diligence and that certain amount and kind of intellect that gets rewarded in school.
Assessing Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education
Quality indicators in the early childhood environment include structural factors such as a higher adult-child ratio and specialized training. At least eight research studies between 1979 and 1995 have documented that such factors are related to a positive and stimulating classroom environment.
Tales of a Travelling Teacher: Shifa Slum School
Those of you who have read about my previous sojourns as a "travelling teacher" would know that Wee Care has had links with a playschool project in Rajpur, India, since year 2005. My last visit to this village preschool took place in September 2006, three months after my youngest daughter was born.
If Your Child is a Fussy Eater
Some children are very fussy when it comes to what they are willing to eat. Their daily diets can be extremely restricted and worryingly unbalanced. The parents of these children have often tried many approaches, but have found it difficult to expand their child’s limited eating patterns.
Enhancing the Curriculum with Digital Media
As Wee Care moves forward with Multiliteracies, our curriculum is being tweaked, continually and creatively, to incorporate new digital media, so as to enhance the learning and classroom experiences for all of our students, even the youngest ones!
Highlights of Bag Project
As always, we spent a lot of time at the beginning of the Project on Bags, developing our skills of detailed observation. We really appreciated all of the different bags that came in for “Show & Tell”. We looked for common characteristics to help us analyze and define what a bag is. We also noticed and compared the many different features between bags, even by comparing two paper bags.
Writing… Technologically!
Previously, we highlighted that the Project Approach with Multiliteracies (or PAM) will allow our children to explore the limitless possibilities of technology in the classroom.
The Project Approach with Multiliteracies
No one would dare argue that globalization has wrought profound effects in many facets of human life.
Multiliteracies - A New Pedagogy
Multiliteracies as a pedagogy applied to Early Childhood Education, however, is derived from a different theoretical perspective.
Five Minds for the Future
The disciplined mind has mastered at least one way of thinking – a distinctive mode of cognition that characterizes a specific scholarly discipline, craft or profession.
Fundamental Movement Skills
Children learn, grow, develop, and interact through play and games, and this contributes to their cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth, in particular, their psychological sense of well-being.
Tales from a Travelling Teacher Part III
Joyce and I arrive in Jakarta at approximately 2pm in the afternoon. We are whizzed away to rest and change for the evening.
Tales from a Travelling Teacher Part II
It has been almost a year since visiting Rajpur, and I am both excited and tired; excited with the prospect of seeing my friends, as well as the teachers and children of the Creative Learning Centre (CLC) again, but tired also with the long 8-hour road-trip from Delhi into Dehradun, the capital of Uttaranchal.
Tales from a Travelling Teacher...
We have been away from Singapore for no more than a day, but we are about as far removed from its comforts and the material-trappings of city-life as one can imagine!
Developing A Bilingual Child
Perplexities in the search for the right method.
A Mathematical Mind
Raising a numerate child without agony, hopefully.
Effective Learning Spaces
Maintaining a physical environment that nurtures your child.
A word about Separation Anxiety
For Parents and Children in the Bright Starts Preschool Programme and those who are going to school for the first time.
Why Home Therapy?
A mother talks about her experience and shares her tips for success.
Spoilt for Choice or Hidden Snares?
Choosing programmes that balance your parenting aspirations and the needs of your child.
Learning the Rules of Language
Helping your child string words together to form coherent sentences.
Learning about Quantity
Teaching your child what all the various numbers and measurements mean.
Fun Ways to Teach Your Tot the Alphabet
Studies have shown that a child will learn only when he is ready to learn, regardless of even the most noble attempts made by concerned adults to teach him something new or different.
What to do with Kids who Don't Read
Reading reaps results, definitely. So if junior regards the activity with loathing, what should you do?
Helping the Child who is Weak in English
Counter the detrimental effects of Singlish and limited exposure to proper English.
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