Full Day Kindergarten
Your Thoughts?
FDK
A little over 6 years ago, the former premier of Ontario implemented Full Day Kindergarten (FDK) for all public and Catholic schools in Ontario. Some European countries have been practising FDK for decades with positive results. Data is still being collected to see if the implementation of FDK has been successful, and if the Play-Based-Learning philosophy has had the same results, such as Finland. Read the two articles below for more detail on Finland's education system which Ontario is attempting to model.
Your Task:
- Read the article below
- Reflect on the following two statements using Google Classroom as your platform
- Who is Fraser Mustard and how has he changed early childhood development in Ontario
- Compare the Ontario education system to Finland's education system and post onlilne