These include explaining what constitutes striking a child or leaving a child in isolation, which is not allowed. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NIEC lead lecturer Nur Azlina Subari shows trainee teacher Justin Heng how to attend to a baby during a lesson on Oct 17.
These changes come after a review by the Early Childhood Development Agency of the current training curricula, and are especially important in the light of recent cases of alleged abuse, she said. “We may think that certain actions that we are used to may be good for the child. But in today’s day and age, when we look at what is positive classroom management methods, we have to ensure that our educators are all on the same page as to what are the dos and don’ts when it comes to managing children,” she added.– an offence under the Children and Young Persons Act. She had allegedly poured water into the mouth of a 23-month-old girl after forcing her to lie down.
Updated training content will now indicate that when a child is having a tantrum, the educator can place him in a calm corner, but the former should still watch over him to make sure he is safe. Mr Justin Heng, 26, who is currently studying to be a pre-school teacher, said the clearer guidelines in the training content are useful.
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