Early Childhood Education Program: Second Cycle
Contents
1. Introduction
The entry into force of the Organic Law 2 / 2006 of 3 May, on Education (LOE) sees early childhood education as an educational stage with its own identity, which serves children from birth to age six, arranged in two cycles. The first comprises up to three years, and the second, from three to six years of age, the cycle in which this Didactics Schedule is situated and which should be used as a tool to plan the pedagogical approach.
This educational program, referred to Early Childhood Education and specifically, the second level of the second cycle, has been developed taking into account the current curriculum for the secondary level, which is Decree 183/2008, of 29 July, which establishes the new curriculum of the 2nd cycle of Children’s Education in the area of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. It is to develop within the powers granted to the Autonomous Community of Canary, RD 1630/2006, of 29 December, laying down the curricula for the 2nd cycle of early childhood education approved by the MEC, where they list the objectives expressed in terms of capabilities, core competencies, content, methodological proposals, and evaluation criteria.
2. Theoretical Justification
The purpose of the program is to plan educational activities to make decisions prior to the teaching-learning process based on the educational context, providing a benchmark for developing the design of a set of teaching units ordered and sequenced, based on psychological and educational foundations and Children’s Education regulations.
Infant education is justified by three main aspects:
- Appearance of education: Early Childhood Education centers provide students with experiences that are flattering for their physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. To this end, they encourage experiences that encourage personal development, as a starting point for a process that will continue in primary education, so there will be close coordination between the two stages, thus ensuring proper traffic to it.
- Socio-familial: Early Childhood Education has gained in recent decades major importance, being configured as an educational stage with its own identity, with characteristics that define it and, in turn, differentiate it from later levels. In our society, the State guarantees education from the early years, adapting to social changes that occur and the growing social demand for education of children under 6 years. Currently, the center of early childhood education becomes a social necessity that complements family action, setting up collaborative and family-centered communication.
- Appearance compensation: At this stage of education, the interests and needs of the school are taken into account, respecting the different rates of development and learning, thereby responding to student diversity, to counteract any kind of inequalities as education will be individualized and personalized.
We must also take into account a number of pedagogical principles and…