Early Childhood Education Unit

Contact info

NAME STATUS
Poonet S (Mrs) Associate Professor
Thaunoo J (Mrs) Associate Professor
Dookhith Issack F N (Ms) Lecturer
Rajiah S (Miss) Lecturer
Arekion C M A (Mrs) Lecturer

 

(i) Academic Staff : Mrs S Poonet
(a) Area Specialisation: Home Economics and Nutrition Education
(b) Responsibility :

• Planning and organising all activities in the Early Childhood Education Unit

• Overall supervision of all ECE programmes run by the unit

• Programme Coordinator for the Certificate in Early Childhood in Education Programme (CPECE) 

(c) Research Interest : Early Childhood Education

(ii) Academic Staff :Mrs J Thaunoo
(a) Area Specialisation: Early Childhood Education
(b) Responsibility :
• To assist all activities carried out in the Early Childhood Education Unit
Lecture in Psychology at all levels at the MIE and in Early Childhood Education. Other modules taught are:
• Guidance and Counselling, Thinking skills, Developmental and Educational psychology and Understanding Adolescence.
• Designing and writing of programmes.

• Programme Coordinator for Teachers Diploma in Early Childhood Education

• Carry Out workshops.
(c) Research Interest : Early Childhood Education

(iii) Academic Staff : Ms S Rajiah
(a) Area of Specialisation : Special Education Needs and Counselling
(b) Responsibility/ies : 
• To assist all activities carried out in the Early Childhood Education Unit
Lecture in Psychology at all levels at the MIE and in Early Childhood Education. Other modules taught are:
• Thinking skills, Developmental and Educational psychology and Understanding Adolescence.

• Designing and writing of programmes.

• Coordinator for Foundation Course for Child Day caregivers.

• Carry Out workshops.
(c) Research Interest : Early Childhood Education

Projects carried out by the Unit
2009  MIE in collaboration with other stakeholders  developed the National Curriculum Framework Pre-primary
2009 to date  Representing MIE at the MQA to work out standards for Quality in the Sector. National Certificate in ECE, Levels 1-4.
2010  Implementation phase

  •  Training of Trainers
  •  Training of Educators on NCF as well as monitoring of remaining sessions in the centres
  •  Preparation of Kit for training and supervision and other support materials
 Reviewing and developing the Bridging the Gap pupils’ workbook
2011  Participate on workshop on Children’s Bill
 Foundation Course for Child Minding
 Teacher Support Materials and Manual of Activities for the National Curriculum Framework Pre-primary.