Sunday, June 5, 2011

Progressive education by John Dewey

John Dewey, who was known as the father of progressive education, emphasizing that education is seen as a lifelong process, not a preparation for the future. Dewey (1938) argues that education as a preparation for adulthood life "deny the existence of excitement and curiosity found in the child brought to school and divert the focus of teaching should be directed to the interests and abilities are now real - have real students, become on the assumption - an abstract notion about things - things that maybe they want to accomplish in the future ".

The methodology in accordance with the stages of child development

The methodology in accordance with the stages of child development is a methodology which is based on knowledge of child development. All children develop through common developmental stages, but at the same time, each child is unique individual human being, the teacher must know the typical growth and development of children in order to provide a range of materials and learning activities are real. The teachers also have to look at and listen to the difference between skills and specific interests of children the same age (Seefeldt, 1994: Bredekamp, 1993).