3. Robert Owen (1771-1858)
An industrialist who is best known for his
model textile factory.
Set up an infant school as an instrument of
social reform for children of parents who
worked in his mill. It is the first workplace
nursery.
He has an educational philosophy that
highlighted how children were educated in
their earliest years.
4. Loris Malaguzzi (1920-1994)
• Early childhood educator who founded
educational philosophy "Reggio Emilia Approach
• Creates a network of municipal preschools and
infant-toddler centers
They have an interest in relationships.
They construct their knowledge and they are
prepared to negotiate with everything presented
to them by their environment.
All children have curiosity, potential, and
preparedness.
He believe that;
5. 1. The child is the central of their
learning process.
2. Teachers are partners in children’s
learning process
3. The environment as a third teacher
THREE CORE PRINCIPLES
OF REGIO EMILLIA
APPROACH
6. Erik Erikson (1902-1924)
German-American developmental psychologist and
the first psychoanalyst in Boston.
born on June 15, 1902, in Frankfurt, Germany.
How a child can form their own identities through
their different life stages and developments.
Each stage of his model identified the different
goals, challenges, and concerns at each stage.
Erikson believed that the human personality
continues to develop past age of five.
7. A Russian physiologist is known
chiefly for his development of the
concept of the conditioned reflex.
In 1870 he abandoned his theological
studies to enter the University of St.
Petersburg, where he studied
chemistry and physiology.
Salivation, he noted, is a reflexive
process. It occurs automatically in
response to a specific stimulus and is
not under conscious control.
Ivan Pavlov (1849-1946)
8. Graduated from the university of
Chicago.
Developed "behaviorism" as a new
branch of psychology.
He is known for his Little Albert
experiment.
Natural and logical consequences play
a vital role in child development and
their natural learning.
John B. Watson (1878-1958)
9. An American psychologist, behaviorist,
author, inventor, and social
philosopher.
Studied English at Hamilton College.
Developed the concept of Operant
Conditioning.
Effective teaching must be on positive
reinforcement.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
(1904-1990)
10. Edward Thorndike (1874-1949)
American Psychologist
Theory of connectionism that helped
lay the scientific foundation for
educational psychology.
Thorndike's law of effect.
Abstract intelligence
Mechanical intelligence
Social intelligence
Main areas of intellectual development:
1.
2.
3.
11. The goal of early childhpod
education should be to activate
the child's
own natural desire to learn.
Maria Montessori
