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Teaching Traumatic History to Young Children: The Case of Holocaust Studies in Israeli Kindergartens
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Ziv, Yair; Golden, Deborah; Goldberg, Tsafrir – Early Education and Development, 2015
Recently, the Israeli Ministry of Education initiated a mandatory nationwide curriculum for Jewish kindergarten children focusing on the study of the Holocaust. This initiative raises general questions regarding the inclusion of sensitive historical issues in curricula for young children. In this article, we use the new Holocaust curriculum as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Death, War
Children's Perspective Research in Pre-Service Early Childhood Student Education
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Dayan, Yael; Ziv, Margalit – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2012
An important component in the role of an early childhood teacher is the ability to respect children, interact with them and respond to each child's ideas, thoughts and desires. Therefore, early childhood teacher education should emphasise the significance of relating to children as independent and thoughtful human beings. We suggest that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Towards Professionalism in Early Childhood Practicum Supervision--A Personal Journey
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Dayan, Yael – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The role of a practicum supervisor of early childhood students has received limited research attention in discussions of professional practice in this field. This article discusses four phases in the author's personal journey towards professionalism in this role. The phases reflect an ongoing research-practice cycle: Phase 1 involved a research…
Descriptors: Practicums, Practicum Supervision, Young Children, Role Perception