Early Childhood Education in the New Era: What and How of the Strategic Curriculum Studies Approach and the Multi-Dimensional Curriculum Model

One of the most important and complicated questions in the field of early childhood education is how to develop an effective curriculum for this stage. Given the occurrence of the knowledgebased economy era, and the rapid rate of changes, answering such a question has become more challenging. The present research has been conducted to study the necessity of the Strategic Curriculum Studies (SCS) approach and the Multi-Dimensional Curriculum (MDC) model and what SCS & MDC is. The qualitative method of descriptive-analytical research was used to gather data and documents. The results revealed that due to the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the revolution of the concept of literacy, complexity paradigm, and adapting the educational content and materials to real-life experiences, there’s a need for a proactive indigenized curriculum focused on metacognitive and life-long learning, to which a strategic approach to curriculum studies is inevitable. Ultimately, the present research, examining the philosophical and psychological fundamentals of this model, sets out to present a comprehensive definition of MDC. This study shows that SCS is a holistic approach and the MDC model is a practically desirable plan of action for the preschool curriculum.