Abstract:The role of context in relation to curriculum enactment in early childhood education is generally under-researched and under-theorised. This thesis explores the pedagogical approaches of early childhood education teachers in Ireland. It examines the implications of two policy documents: Aistear (NCCA, 2009), the early childhood curriculum framework, and the new primary language curriculum (DES, 2016). The new curriculum has both implicit and explicit links with Aistear. Aistear advocates a pedagogy that involv… Show more
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