EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Approaches to Early Childhood Education



Approaches to Early Childhood Education

Each one of the early year's educators has played an important role in setting the foundations that is the basis of the main curriculums and foundation frameworks in schools today. This paper will look at several of these educators' theories? philosophies? and concepts and how they relate to early childhood education today. Maria Montessori? an Italian educator that developed the Montessori method? which focuses on the development of the intellect through the exploration of materials? believed in independence in childcare and that children should be taught to use their ...