ABSTRACT

Educational pioneers believed that the early childhood curriculum was inappropriate for most of the children. It needed to be modified to meet each child’s maturing needs, abilities, and interests. The pioneers advocated that education should be more hands-on and assist children to function successfully in society. They recommended the initiation of project learning, which would be a preparation for the children’s roles in life and creation of kindergartens. The practices in early childhood education have changed gradually. Numerous practices reemerge with novel materials that appear to indicate they are actually original. When present-day practices surface, early childhood professionals respond by generating other practices. Therefore, current practices in early childhood education appear to be associated to past early childhood educators, which are the pioneers. This article describes a few examples.

摘要

教育先驱认为，早期儿童课程不适合大多数儿童。它需要修改以满足每个孩子成熟的需求、能力和兴趣。先驱者主张教育应该更多地动手，并帮助儿童在社会中成功发挥作用。他们建议启动项目学习，为孩子们在生活中的角色和幼儿园的创建做准备。幼儿教育的实践逐渐发生了变化。许多实践重新出现了新材料，这些材料似乎表明它们实际上是原创的。当当今的实践浮出水面时，幼儿专业人士会通过产生其他实践来做出回应。因此，当前的幼儿教育实践似乎与过去的幼儿教育者有关，哪些是先驱。本文介绍了几个示例。