This study aims to develop the curriculum of early childhood teacher education for inclusion. It has been increasing an interest in an inclusive education for young children these days. However, there are several barries to perform it sucessfully. Amo...
This study aims to develop the curriculum of early childhood teacher education for inclusion. It has been increasing an interest in an inclusive education for young children these days. However, there are several barries to perform it sucessfully. Among them, the most important thing to solve barries for an inclusion is to prepare and practice general early childhood teachers. It is discussed about the importance of beliefs, attitudes and roles of ECE teachers in an inclusion. Also, according to the roles of ECE teachers in an inclusion, the analysis of present curricula for ECE teacher education is examined and several important subjects including parent involvement, practicum, and a understanding of individual child development, are explored. Finally, it is discussed about the problems which make difficult to develop the curriculum of ECE teacher education for an inclusion and also presented some methods for a sucessful inclusion in ECE.