OMEP IRELAND
An Leanbh Óg
An Leanbh Óg - The OMEP Ireland Journal of Early Childhood Studies.
Special EMEC/IMEC Issue
Vol. 11, September 2017
Published by OMEP Ireland
Edited by
Rosaleen Murphy, Frances Clerkin and Judith Butler
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Published by OMEP Ireland 2017.
OMEP Ireland is the National Committee for Ireland of OMEP.
OMEP:
L’Organisation Mondiale pour l’Education Préscolaire
World Organisation for Early Childhood Education and Care
Organización Mundial para la Educación Preescolar
An t-Eagraíocht Dhomhanda um Oideachas agus Chúram Luath-Óige
OMEP Ireland/ OMEP Éireann: An Eagraíocht um Oideachas agus Chúram Luath-Óige
Copyright © 2017 OMEP Ireland
2017 The Authors
Copyright resides with the authors
OMEP Ireland has asserted their moral rights to be identified as the authors
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise without the written permission of the pub-lisher.
Published by OMEP Ireland, c/o Dr. Judith Butler, Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
Website: www.omepireland.ie
Email: [email protected]
ISSN 2009-5910 (Online)
ISBN 2009-5902 (Print)
Printed by Lettertec Ireland Limited
Springhill House, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
www.lettertec.com
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Editors 2017-2018
Rosaleen Murphy, University College Cork
Judith Butler, Cork Institute of Technology (President, OMEP Ireland)
Frances Clerkin, Cork Institute of Technology.
Guest Editors, Volume 11, Special EMEC/IMEC Issue
Máire Mhic Mhatúna, Dublin Institute of Technology
Valerie Sollars, University of Malta
Jan-Erik Johannson, Oslo & Akershus College of Applied Sciences, Norway
Maelis Karlsson Lohmander, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Acknowledgements
OMEP Ireland would like to thank its Patrons, Professor Emeritus Francis Douglas, Professor Nóirín Hayes and Dr Mary Horgan for their help, support and encouragement over many years.
OMEP Ireland would like to thank the European Master in Early Childhood Education/International Master in Early Childhood Education (EMEC/IMEC) Consortium for their collaboration on producing this special issue, and in particular would like to express its thanks to the Guest Editors and to the authors who submitted papers.
OMEP Ireland also gratefully acknowledges the support received from the School of Education, University College Cork over the years, especially during its hosting of the OMEP World Conference.
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C O N T E N T S
Editorial – Rosaleen Murphy, University College Cork 9
Introduction to Special Issue – (Guest Editors) 11
1. Aline-Wendy Dunlop (University of Strathclyde): A moment in time: what does it mean to
question curriculum? 21
2. Tona Gulpinar and Leif Hernes (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences):
How can Aesthetic Meetings create deeper cultural understanding of aesthetic learning? 31
3. Masoumeh Abedinnejad and Censu Caruana (University of Malta): Practitioners’ Experiences
and Perspectives on Cultural Diversity; A Multiple-Case study in Maltese Early Years’ Settings 41
4. MaryClaire Camilleri Saliba (University of Malta): Developing a sense of identity in a Maltese
kindergarten 51
5. Ivana Bankovic and Valerie Sollars (Department of Early Childhood & Primary Education,
University of Malta): English as a Second Language in a Maltese early years setting 61
6. Katarzyna Anna Wensierska (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences):
Children’s right to participation in the kindergarten – teachers’ perspectives in Norway and Poland
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7. Anna May Navarrete (Dublin Institute of Technology): Assessment in the Early Years: The
Approaches and Strategies of Early Childhood Educators 79
8. Máire Mhic Mhathúna and Cathy Kelleher (Dublin Institute of Technology): Reflections on a
Language Planning Project in Context 89
9. Xin Luo (Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh) The Role of Social Media in
Early Years Learning and Parenting - an Ethnography Study in China 99
10. Adriana Burciaga González (UCL Institute of Education) & Paul Pace, CEER, University of Malta:
Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood Education: Children’s discourses about
water consumption 107
11. Jonna Larsson (Department of Education, Communication and Learning. University of
Gothenburg): Science as a learning area in children’s everyday preschool context 119
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12. John Teria Ng’asike, Department of Early Childhood Education, Mount Kenya University:
Implementing Early Childhood Development and Education Curriculum in Nomadic Pastoralist
Communities in Kenya 127
13. Jan-Erik Johansson (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences): Preparation for
school or developing as a child: Local curriculum or scripted instruction? 137
About OMEP 147
