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Successful Partnership Approach

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Approaches to implement a successful partnership in practice:

The community of learners approach is strongly based on the socio-cultural theories of learning (as discussed above) where the educators extend on the children’s learning in partnership with families. In the beginning, educators need to take the initiative in communicating rather than wait for the families to initiate the interaction. This could be through removing the barriers that can delay the ongoing exchange of information. One of these barriers is the educators’ attitudes towards families which are pivotal factor in building a successful relationship (Arthur, et al., 2015). Woodhead (2006) emphasises the essential role that respect play in maintaining active communication …show more content…

Historical and contemporary theories about social justice and equity started from Plato and Aristotle to the 20th-century theorists such as Rawls and Nozic discussed the disruptive Justice in which the children would have equal learning opportunities (Robinson & Jones-Diaz, 2006). They all agreed that social justice and equity in the early childhood settings develop the sense of belonging and well-being where everyone is recognized regardless their ability, gender, language, culture, and religion. Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory inspires the above philosophy statement as it values the influence of culture on the children’s development. Postmodern and post-structural theorists, such as Davies (1989, as cited in Arthur, et al., 2015), argue that every child has his own identity which is socio-culturally constructed in relation to their cultures, and backgrounds. Therefore, educators need to include all cultures with respect as they act as a model for the rest of the children on how to accept and respect each other …show more content…

Ziont (1997) and Salend (2001) stated that inclusion is considered to be one of the effective ways that can combine the whole society members together to build their social institutions based on their sense of acceptance and belonging. This could be enforced by the educators and families partnership that influence the social justice and equity in the early childhood settings focusing on the importance of respecting diversity among the families (as mentioned

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