miércoles, 23 de marzo de 2011

PRECURSORES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Preschool education are pioneers of education among them we can mention: Maria Montessori, Ovid Decroly, Frederic Froebel, Johann Pestalozzi and John Rousseau and others.

               Them through different approaches and thoughts, propose methodologies for improving childhood education. Since from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, originated a greater interest and concern of the exponents in improving education to meet the needs of children, considering the basic principles of each of these methods proposed, in order to develop different areas in the students.

2.3.1 Maria Montessori (1870-1952)

Was an educator, psychiatrist and philosopher, an Italian national. Am interested in the education of children with mental deficiencies, which inspired her to develop their own methods which were then applied in all kinds of children.

         His method is to "education for life"and find that children develop their full potential through a prepared environment, which possesses a good infrastructure, varied materials and be led by trained professionals where they can make an individual learning process without filled with affection and respect limits.

   2. Ovid Decroly (1952-1932)

           Born in Belgium, was physician and teacher by profession specializing in nervous diseases, which serves children which generates abnormal interest and concern for education in these children. To Decroly, the child was an individual being unique. Then devised a methodology called "center of interest" whose main features were to: focus on the interests of children and their needs, understand their interests, to attract and keep their attention.



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