Influencing Early Childhood Education: Key Figures, Philosophies and Ideas

IntroductionPart 1 Thinking about early childhood in the nineteenth century
Robert Owen (1771-1858)
Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852)

Part 2 Progressive ideas of the twentieth century
Margaret McMillan (1860-1931)
Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)
Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
Susan Isaacs (1885-1948)

Part 3 Psychoanalytic theories and their impact
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) and psychoanalytic theories
Child-focused psychodynamic theories
John Bowlby (1907-1990) and theories of attachment
Emotions and learning

Part 4Constructivism and behaviourism
Burrhus Skinner (1904-1990), behaviourist theories and approaches
Jean Piaget(1896-1980) and constructivism
Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) and social constructivism

Part 5Challenging theories and practice
De(constructing) schooling
Deconstructing early childhood
Deconstructing development

Part 6Weighing up the evidence?
Final thoughts

References

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