Influencing early childhood education : key figures, philosophies and ideas / Linda Pound.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pound, Linda.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Preschool.

Education.

Physical Description:

xiii, 198 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Univ Pr, 2011.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 Thinking about early childhood in the nineteenth century 1

1 Robert Owen 1771-1858 6

2 Friedrich Froebel 1782-1852 12

Part 2 Progressive ideas of the twentieth century 19

3 Margaret McMillan 1860-1931 27

4 Rudolf Steiner 1861-1925 34

5 Maria Montessori 1870-1952 42

6 Susan Isaacs 1885-1948 47

Part 3 Psychodynamic theories and their impact 53

7 Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and the development of psychoanalytical theories 56

8 Psychodynamics and young children 61

9 John Bowlby (1907-1990) and attachment theories 70

10 Emotion and cognition 81

Part 4 Constructivism and behaviourism 89

11 Burrhus Skinner (1904-1990), behaviourist theories and approaches 92

12 Jean Piaget (1896-1980) and constructivism 100

13 Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) and social constructivism 118

Part 5 Challenging theories and practice in the twentieth century 129

14 De(constructing) schooling 132

15 Deconstructing early childhood 141

16 Deconstructing development 153

Part 6 Weighing up the evidence 165

Final thoughts 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0335241565

9780335241569

9780335241552

0335241557

OCLC:

725026628

Publisher Number:

99944684315