Artistic Enquiry in Early Childhood Education – Dr Carmel Brennan

Dr Carmel Brennan, Head of Training and Practice, Early Childhood Ireland reviews the place of art in the early childhood curriculum. In this critical essay, commissioned by Arts in Education Portal, Dr Carmel Brennan reviews the place of art in the early childhood curriculum. The paper draws on the metaphor of theatre to firstly describe the evolving understanding of education and learning that sets the stage for critical engagement with the arts for young children, it reconnects with the competencies, skills and dispositions of very young children who are the principle actors and finally reviews the performance possibilities, the experience of artists and educators working together, the questions raised and the opportunities going forward.

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