Thinking about early childhood education

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-335-24157-6
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

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 interconnectedness of theories of learning and development. It will range from key nineteenth century movements to progressive ideas of the twentieth century, encompassing psychoanalytic theories, deconstructing theories and constructivism and behaviourism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pound, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part 1 Thinking about early childhood in the nineteenth century

Robert Owen (1771-1858)

Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852)

Part 2 Progressive ideas of the twentieth century

Margaret McMillan (1860-1931)

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)

Maria Montessori (1870-1952)

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

Emotions and learning

Part 4 Constructivism and behaviourism

Burrhus Skinner (1904-1990), behaviourist theories and approaches

Jean Piaget(1896-1980) and constructivism

Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) and social constructivism

Part 5 Challenging theories and practice

De(constructing) schooling

Deconstructing early childhood

Deconstructing development

Part 6 Weighing up the evidence?

Final thoughts

References