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Brain training in the nursery
10 Mar 2009
An early years teacher needs the highest level of communication skills, a wide spectrum of knowledge and a passion for social justice, "to care about the kids who have no one to bat on their behalf," says Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of London's Institute of Education. Siraj-Blatchford goes on to say: "It takes all your intellectual resources to bring a shy child out of themselves. Winning a lawsuit might be a thrill, but it doesn't last." An early years practitioner can help transform children's lives, and watch them change and develop week by week.
"There is a tendency to assume a kind of dualism, that you are either intellectual or caring," says Peter Moss, Professor of Early Childhood Provision at the Institute of Education. "That idea needs to be completely scotched."
Currently, Teach First is a secondary programme, but it has a primary pilot.
To read the full article, go to www.guardian.co.uk
(The Guardian, 10.03.09)
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