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Early Childhood Education and CareInspiring Inclusive Practices

Inspiring Inclusive PracticesEarly Childhood Education and Care

Agenda

• Introduction

• The Research Perspective:• Dr Cecilia Aguiar: "Embracing all types of diversity in early

childhood education and care: Research perspectives about what works“

• The Practitioners Perspective:• Kindergarten Teacher, Jannicke Rosvold Sagosen:

“Communication with parents – respect for diversity”

• The Policy Perspective: • Senior Advisor, Tove Mogstad Slinde: “How national and local

practices for Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care can be supported by European level policies and activities? “

• Wordcloud

• Open floor discussion: join us on chat

Discussion

• What does research tell us about how teachers and staff can create inclusive pedagogical practices in early childhood settings and classrooms?

• What happens when children and families with diverse backgrounds join everyday life in ECEC settings

• How can European, national and local policies and collaboration support the development of good practices?

How can European, national and local policies support the development of good

inclusive practices?

Senior Advisor Tove Mogstad Slinde, National Expert European Commission

Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture

European Pillar of SocialRights

• Children have the right to affordable early childhood education and care of good quality.

• Children have the right to protection from poverty. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the right to specific measures to enhance equal opportunities.

Access to early childhood education and care

32 million children below the age of compulsory education

in the EU

Only 15 million of

them have access

to

early childhood

education and care

services

Policies shape Practices?

• Policy documents (Recommendations,

Communications, Regulations (Acts), Curriculum frameworks, Guidelines etc.)

• Structure and Organisation (Roles and

Responsibilities, Capacity, Collaboration, Governance, Funding)

• School/ECEC-centre Culture (Leadership

and Teams, Organisation, Working conditions, Collaboration, Values and Reflexivity)

• Teacher/Pedagogue and Staff-Classroom/Child group (Initial Education

and Training, Continuous Professional Development, Reflexive practices, Collaboration and Sensitivity)

The voice and image of children and childhood

Parents as the mostimportant partners

Capacity and a competent system

A shared understanding of quality – a dynamic process

Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care

European collaboration to Overcome challenges – Peer-learning across (unique?) contexts

Sharing and discussing good practices and policies

Developing common understandings

Expanding and “using” the knowledgebase

Initiatives reaching out broadly and with even more potential:

ERASMUS +

School Education Gateway (SEG)

E-twinning as a learning community for teachers

ERASMUS+ SUPPORT TO ECEC

Annual call for proposalsDeadline February and March 2019 – National Agencies

• For all ECEC staff (initial or continuous training)

• Courses, events, job-shadowing...

Mobility projects (KA1)

• Supporting innovation / exchanging good practices

• ECEC always one of the annual priorities

Strategic Partnerships

(KA2)

• Forward looking cooperation projects

• Cooperation between Programme countries to implement reforms of educational systems

Policy reform (KA3)

Example of Mobility Project (KA 1)

Example of Strategic partnership (KA2)

Example of Forward Looking Cooperation (KA3)

www.intesys.be

Reference Framework for strengthening integration

More information...

• Erasmus+

• http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/

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• eTwinning

• https://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/index.htm

• Commission’s web-page on Early Childhood Education and Care

• https://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/early-childhood-education-and-care_en

Word Cloud

• Go to www.menti.com

• Code: 80 06 95

• We invite you to write down one or two words that are key to inclusive pedagogical practices

THANK YOU!

Tove Mogstad Slinde tsl@kd.dep.no

Photos: 2: Laura Briedis (unsplash) 6,8 : Anne Schjelderup, 9,10 : Sveinung Braathen

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