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At the core of this philosophy is an assumption that children form their own personality during the early years of development and that they are endowed with "a hundred languages", through which they can express their ideas. The aim of the Reggio approach is to teach children how to use these symbolic languages (e.g. painting, sculpting, drama ...
Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children, published between 1979 and 2014, [25] contained some work by young philosophers but consisted primarily of work by adults about their work doing philosophy for children including lesson plans, developmental psychology, and work from the emerging field called "Hermeneutics of childhood" which is ...
During these years he was mentored by, developed a friendship with, and devoted most of his scholarship to the metaphysical system of the American philosopher Justus Buchler. In 1972 Lipman left Columbia for Montclair State College , where, in 1974, he co-founded the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children (IAPC) [ 1 ] with Ann ...
The novel was Lipman's first, and inaugurated the educational movement known as Philosophy for Children. It was first published in 1971 and revised in 1974. [2] The book deals with everyday situations which a group of children encounter. These situations then become the substance for mental engagement and thinking about thinking.
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɔːr i / MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
Kieran Egan (1942 – 12 May 2022) was an Irish educational philosopher and a student of the classics, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and cultural history. [1] He has written on issues in education and child development, with an emphasis on the uses of imagination and the stages (Egan called them "understandings") that occur during a person's intellectual development.
Many early theories suggested that self-esteem is a basic human need or motivation. American psychologist, Abraham Maslow included self-esteem in his hierarchy of human needs . He described two different forms of "esteem": the need for respect from others in the form of recognition, success, and admiration, and the need for self-respect in the ...
Caroline Pratt (May 13, 1867 – June 6, 1954 [1]) was an American social thinker and progressive educational reformer whose ideas were influential in educational reform, policy, and practice.