Monday, November 2, 2009

The Educational Philosophy

The Educational Philosophy Relevant to Early Childhood

Numerous Philosophers, educators and social scientists had their views on the child’s nature, needs, aptitudes, and interests and they found that child’s total behavior is different from adult.

Early childhood education started as result of ideas exerted through educators as, Pestalozzi, Froebel and Montessori. In the nineteenth century those philosophers ‘ideas were spread among European countries happen to be arousing of an education for young children.

The pre-school educates centers can be recognized as two ways. That is child center education and the teacher centered education. Philosophers like Maria Montessori came to believe that the best way to develop a child in the early years is to let the child communicate through the environment.

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