Influencing Early Childhood Education: Key Figures, Philosophies and Ideas
1st Edition
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© 2011 | Published: April 16, 2011
Thinking about early childhood education will offer an academic and critical approach to the wealth of theories that underpin elements of current practice in early childhood care and education. It will focus on analyzing the rise and interconnectedne…
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Introduction
Part 1 Thinking about early childhood in the nineteenth century
- Robert Owen (1771-1858)
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Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852)
Part 2 Progressive ideas of the twentieth century
- Margaret McMillan (1860-1931)
- Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)
- Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
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Susan Isaacs (1885-1948)
Part 3 Psychoanalytic theories and their impact
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and psychoanalytic theories
- Child-focused psychodynamic theories
- John Bowlby (1907-1990) and theories of attachment
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Emotions and learning
Part 4 Constructivism and behaviourism
- Burrhus Skinner (1904-1990), behaviourist theories and approaches
- Jean Piaget(1896-1980) and constructivism
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Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) and social constructivism
Part 5 Challenging theories and practice
- De(constructing) schooling
- Deconstructing early childhood
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Deconstructing development
Part 6 Weighing up the evidence?
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Final thoughts
References
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Final thoughts