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The Invisible Curriculum: How Your Physical Environment Speaks Before You Do
The Invisible Curriculum: How Your Physical Environment Speaks Before You Do
"The environment is always teaching."
In early childhood education, we often refer to the environment as the "third teacher." We carefully consider the placement of resources, the design of learning spaces and the experiences we invite children into.
But there is another question we should be asking.
What is our environment teaching before we even speak?
"The environment is always teaching."
In early childhood education, we often refer to the environment as the "third teacher." We carefully consider the placement of resources, the design of learning spaces and the experiences we invite children into.
But there is another question we should be asking.
What is our environment teaching before we even speak?
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I want to start with something honest. When I read the headlines about the Sydney childcare worker charged with 329 offences, and when I think back to the Joshua Dale Brown case out of Melbourne last year, my stomach turns the same way yours probably does.
I have worked in the industry for over twenty-one years, I have also worked with a lot of the centres Hamish Tait visited and worked at. I know the educators, I know the children.
I want to start with something honest. When I read the headlines about the Sydney childcare worker charged with 329 offences, and when I think back to the Joshua Dale Brown case out of Melbourne last year, my stomach turns the same way yours probably does.
I have worked in the industry for over twenty-one years, I have also worked with a lot of the centres Hamish Tait visited and worked at. I know the educators, I know the children.
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