Philosophy of Childhood Education | Desklib

Running head: CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
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1CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Each and every educator has his own philosophy in teaching the students which can
effectively guide him throughout his professional career. In most of the cases, there
philosophies are based on the personal value and belief system and understand of ensuring
the high quality of education provided to the students. The personal philosophies of the
teachers never clash with the professional philosophy. These are prepared and maintained in
the collaboration with the colleagues and interested parents as they are invited to introduce
their own suggestions regarding their children’s education. The personal philosophy has an
ever changing nature which can be changed according to time as well as situations. The
philosophy that I have built to provide a high quality education to my students can oppose the
desires or values of the parents but my idea or philosophy will never be comprised rather I
will be recommending facts that will be suited for the parents of the students.
As an educator, the first and foremost idea is to make the learning environment bright,
motivating, secured and attractive so that the students are inspired to achieve their talents or
potentials which is also the principle of EYLF (Nolan & Raban, 2015). Through intentional
teaching and spontaneous as well as responsive communication, the proper exposure of full
potential can be attained. Through my efficient teaching methods, I aim to satisfy the students
in every aspect of their learning. As the theorists like Rousseau and Piaget have disclosed the
fact that the children are connected with their world and try to contribute effectively,
therefore, I focus on creating spaces which will help them to identify as well as develop their
social, emotional physical, spiritual, lingual and finally their intellectual senses. I am greatly
influenced by the philosophy of Rousseau as he stated that the responsibilities of the
educators are not only to apply the technique to clarify the concepts and knowledge their
pupils but there are also responsible to develop the character of the students as well as their
moral senses (Galbraith, 2017). This will help the children to learn the self-mastery and they
will learn to realm virtuous in every situation in their lives.

2CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
To me, it is important that the children are nurtured, valued and respected as the
individuals. As an educator, it is my responsibility that I assume the accountability to identify
the students’ personal as well as educational development as they are under my care.
Therefore, my philosophy is to plan and care for the students thus stimulate and challenge
their various types of needs cultures, talents along with interests of my students. As an
educator I am liable to support the children’s learning progress throughout their journey
through constant observation, documentation, planning, evaluation then reflection as
mandated by EYLF (Nolan & Raban, 2015). In this aspect I can name the theorist Froebel
which identified that the children have strong sense of wellbeing. To me the wellbeing of the
children is essential for their all-inclusive development and this development will be
irrespective of their personal backgrounds for example race, gender, religion, culture and
disability. To me this exceeds to support the families from the various background in their
role as the care givers. Regular communication with the families can be an integral part of my
role as an educator, a principle of EYLF (Nolan & Raban, 2015). This will help me to get
integrated with the families of the children and provide an overall support to the development
of the children.
I am very much influenced with the philosophy of Erikson as he states that the
children have a very strong sense of identity. This theorist has argued that the children in
their lives face various types of problems through which the learn to develop themselves both
socially as well as emotionally. On the support of this theory, Piaget has stated that these
external factors help the children to explore more thus gain maturity (Nolan & Raban, 2015).
By following these theorists, I aim to build a safe and homely yet educational and stimulating
environment so that children get full scope to develop themselves. In this environment the
children will gain the experience of high quality influencing measures and a touch of trust
upon one another which will bring a mentality of security in their minds. My philosophy