Early Childhood Education Assignment (Doc)
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Running head: CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONCONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONName of the student:Name of the university:Author note
1CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONIntroduction The essay statement is a key feature of the Regino Emmilo philosophy of teachingand learning. In this philosophy, there is an emphasis on teaching and learning of the childrenthrough partnership with the adult (Dahlberg, Moss & Pence, 2007). Children are perceivedas agents in learning and there is a concerted effort to ensure that children learn throughdifferent mediums that would bring out their true potential. This essay encapsulates theessence of teaching and learning that have been informed by the differed constructions ofchildhood. There is also a discussion on the different approaches to teaching and learning likethe kindergarten, Montessori and Steiner and assess to what extent there is complementarilyand juxtaposition of these with the essay statement. Finally, there is a discussion andreflection on the image of the child in the essay statement and its impact on teaching andlearning in the future of education for children.I intend to examine and explore the essay statement through Sorin’s (2005)construction of early childhood practice combined with the three key approaches to teachingand learning.Socio-cultural constructions of childhood and its impact on early childhoodeducationThe earlier approaches to the construction of childhood pertained to the idea ofchildren as innocent beings and need protection from the malaise and social evils in thesociety. Due to such kind of an ideology books there has been exclusion of books containingstories of demons, witches and monsters as these were believed to have damaging effects onyoung minds. This has been the key feature of the innocent child theory. There is a perceptionof childhood as the phase where children are being trained for adulthood. This kind ofideology led to the incorporation of music, school tutoring and training in sports. In this kind
2CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONof concept, there was no emphasis on play as a strategy for learning. However, such strategyposes serious challenges as the critics contest it whether this form promotes the overall socialand cognitive development of children. There has also been educational practices thatemphasize on the child learning to act like the adult and consequently inculcate habits thatdemands extreme discipline and arduousness from the child. The imagination of child asvictim has led to the stigmatization of children through their labeling as victims. Childrenlabeled as victims of poverty or violence often feel unwelcome in the classroom. In the earlychildhood classrooms along with other classrooms, these children are considered as victims.Key perspectives and approaches in the growth of a childThere needs to be clarity regarding the nature of the foundation that one strives for thechild. This will give direction to the content of learning that the child will imbibe andmanifest through their actions. A Child needs to acquire skills and endowments to cope withchallenging situations in life (Brady, Lowe, & Olin Lauritzen, 2015). Educators have animportant role to play in shaping the child and therefore, needs to be aware about theiractions. The early childhood education has implications for the development of the child.Froebel’s kindergarten curriculum emphasizes on the first early childhoodeducational method. According to Froebel, human education needs to be approached fromboth spiritual and biological perspective (Chigeza & Sorin, 2016). Froebel is credited forpioneering the multiple style of learning like music, games and movement for the purpose ofeducation. The spiritual perspective of Froebel emphasizes on the distinction betweenhumans and other forms of life (Bunner, 2017). The goal of education is to foster the seed ofcreativity among children and help them to realize their full potential. Another aspect toFrobel’s philosophy is that play is not to be obfuscated as an act of idle behaviour but it is abiological necessity (Lynch, 2015). There is a need to harness the impulse of the child and
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