PhD Ulla Härkönen Lecturer in Early Childhood Education University of Joensuu
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PhD Ulla HärkönenLecturer in Early Childhood Education
University of JoensuuSavonlinna Department of Teacher Education
2003
http://sokl.joensuu.fi/harkonen
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Still open pedagogical issues in early childhoodeducation and preschool:* lack of care* applicability of teaching to preschool* relations between education, teaching and care * goals, contents and methods of the pedagogical process* versatile methods* versatile system Didactics means theoretizing of
teaching, but how is the process of care, education and teachingunderstood?
Constructivism is a theory of learning, but how are care, education and teachingverified?
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is a developmentaltheory, but what is the process that the person and the environmentmust initiate? Where are care, education and teaching?
Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory is a developmental theory, but how arethe future-changing goals? Where arecare, education and teaching?
Theories of development, learning and teaching as construction blocks for the lacking educational theory.
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In Finland:
* school begins at the age of seven
* early childhood education means all education under 7
* preschool means education of six-year-olds
* sustainable education means education for sustainable development (Åhlberg 2003)
* sustainable education is a part of ECE and preschool
* care, education and teaching
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Still open pedagogical issues in early childhoodeducation and preschool:* lack of care* applicability of teaching to preschool* relations between education, teaching and care * goals, contents and methods of the pedagogical process* versatile methods* versatile system Didactics means theoretizing of
teaching, but how is the process of care, education and teachingunderstood?
Constructivism is a theory of learning, but how are care, education and teachingverified?
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is a developmentaltheory, but what is the process that the person and the environmentmust initiate? Where are care, education and teaching?
Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory is a developmental theory, but how arethe future-changing goals? Where arecare, education and teaching?
Theories of development, learning and teaching as construction blocks for the lacking educational theory.
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U. Bronfenbrenner’s paradigm
• Lewin: B= (PE) (Behaviour is a joint function of person and environment)
• Bronfenbrenner: D=f (PE) (Development is a joint function of person and environment)
• D t = f (t-p) (PE) (t-p) ’t’ is a certain time; ’t-p’ is a time period
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Bronfenbrenner asks:
The answer that is the most difficult to reach is concealed in
the letter ’f’. He asks:
What is the process that is to be created by the person and the
context?
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Still open pedagogical issues in early childhoodeducation and preschool:* lack of care* applicability of teaching to preschool* relations between education, teaching and care * goals, contents and methods of the pedagogical process* versatile methods* versatile system Didactics means theoretizing of
teaching, but how is the process of care, education and teachingunderstood?
Constructivism is a theory of learning, but how are care, education and teachingverified?
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is a developmentaltheory, but what is the process that the person and the environmentmust initiate? Where are care, education and teaching?
Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory is a developmental theory, but how arethe future-changing goals? Where arecare, education and teaching?
Theories of development, learning and teaching as construction blocks for the lacking educational theory.
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L. Vygotsky´s Theory
”The central issue in Vygotsky’s theoretical thinking is in the Development of qualitatively novel (’higher’) psychological functions in the history of cultures and ontogeny of children in the process of organisms’(i.e. culture, or child) goal-directed acting upon their environments” (Valsiner, 1987: 64).
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Vygotsky underlines
• the social roots of development:1) cultural-historical factors2) interaction of individuals
• social situations of development• environment´s qualitative changes lead to
psychic changes (Vygotsky, 1978: 52-57)
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Vygotsky´s Socio-Cultural Theory
* language has a most significant meaning for the development of mental activities
* learning influences in development
* the zone of proximal development (ZPD)
* interaction, internalisation, genetic law of cultural development: two plans (social and psychological)
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Still open pedagogical issues in early childhoodeducation and preschool:* lack of care* applicability of teaching to preschool* relations between education, teaching and care * goals, contents and methods of the pedagogical process* versatile methods* versatile system Didactics means theoretizing of
teaching, but how is the process of care, education and teachingunderstood?
Constructivism is a theory of learning, but how are care, education and teachingverified?
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is a developmentaltheory, but what is the process that the person and the environmentmust initiate? Where are care, education and teaching?
Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory is a developmental theory, but how arethe future-changing goals? Where arecare, education and teaching?
Theories of development, learning and teaching as construction blocks for the lacking educational theory.
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Didactics
• is a discipline, the study of teaching
• school pedagogy: between school and society
• teaching is a process of planning, action and evaluation; values, goals, contents and methods
• Kansanen (1991): ”pedagogical thinking is a basic skill behind a teaching of teachers”
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Theories of Learning
• constructivist theory; knowledge is seen neither absolute nor objective
• changing nature of knowledge
• children learn in activity, in relation to other persons and environment
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Still open pedagogical issues in early childhoodeducation and preschool:* lack of care* applicability of teaching to preschool* relations between education, teaching and care * goals, contents and methods of the pedagogical process* versatile methods* versatile system Didactics means theoretizing of
teaching, but how is the process of care, education and teachingunderstood?
Constructivism is a theory of learning, but how are care, education and teachingverified?
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is a developmentaltheory, but what is the process that the person and the environmentmust initiate? Where are care, education and teaching?
Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory is a developmental theory, but how arethe future-changing goals? Where arecare, education and teaching?
Theories of development, learning and teaching as construction blocks for the lacking educational theory.
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Philosopher-pedagogues
• Friedrich Fröbel
• A.S. Neill
• Johann Pestalozzi
• John Dewey
• Rudolf Steiner
• Maria Montessori
• Helen Parkhurst
• Célestin Freinet
• Vasili Suhomlinski
• Loris Malaguzzi• period:1746-1994
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Categories of history’s philosopher-pedagogues’texts
• world outlook• concept of man• concept of society• concept of knowledge generation• concept of education• main method of education• practical pedagogical process
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v i e w s o n t h e p e d a g o g i c a l p r o c e s s
views on plans of activities,education and teaching
e d u c a t i o n a l s c i e n c e a n dd e v e l o p m e n t a l p s y c h o l o g y , p s y c h o l o g y , p h i l o s o p h y
nursinghygienemedicinenutritiondomestic science
p l a y p e d a g o g y d i d a c t i c se n t e r t a i n m e n ta r t s
work pedagogy
v i e w s o n p l a y views on work v i e w s o n t e a c h i n g v i e w s o n c e l e b r a t i o n s v i e w s o n o u t i n g sv ie w s o n b a s ica c tiv itie s
v iew s o n su b stan ceco n ten t
v i e w s o n m e t h o d sv i e w s o n g o a l s
w o r l d o u t l o o k s
s o c ia l v ie w s
v ie w s o n h u m a n sv ie w s o n c h ild re n
v i e w s o n k n o w l e d g e
v i e w s o n e d u c a t i o n
tourismsocial sciencesnatural sciencesinternationalism
General systems model of educational thinking
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The text analysis
has been made from Finnish textbooks of early childhood education and preschool published during 30 last years.
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•the definitions of ’Early childhood education’ and ’Preschool’ have focused
•the concepts ’Early childhood education’ and ’Preschool’ have been analyzed
•the concepts ’Early childhood education’ and ’Preschool’ have been modelled
Study of the books
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Three dimensions in the definitions
• the definitions of ECE and preschool have meant
1) practice
2) science
3) subject(sometimes administration)
• preschool has always been a part of ECE
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S c ie n tif icre se a rc h
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ECE thinking
E C E a s a s u b j e c tECE as practice:care, educationand teaching
E C E as a sc ien ce
Systems theory four dimension model of the concept of early childhood education. Explanation: ECE=early childhood education
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S c i e n t i f i cr e s e a r c h
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Preschool as a part ofECE field of science
Preschool as practice:care, educationand teaching
Systems theory four dimension model of the concept of preschool. Explanation: ECE=early childhood education
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ECEcurriculum
S c ie n tif icre se a rc h
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ECE thinking
E C E a s a s u b j e c tECE as practice:care, educationand teaching
E C E a s a s c i e n c e
The ECE curriculum in relation to the systems theory four dimension model of the
concept of early childhood education. Explanation: ECE=early childhood education
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Usefulness of the Systems Definition for ECE and SE
• this kind of theory is an educational theory for educational phenomenon
• it is a systems theory for systems phenomenon
• it gives many components of whole concepts
• it gives also the sub-components, such as practice: care, education, teaching
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The Usefulness of the Systems Definition of ECE for SE
• SE can be placed in the centre of the systems model and it must be discussed:
• what is the function of SE in ECE and preschool paractice?
• what is SE as science, related to ECE science?
• what is SE in ECE and preschool subject in teacher education?
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•what does SE mean as the contents of thinking in the sphere each separate dimension?
•it is possible to plan how scientific reasearch can be focused on any of specific model-based combinations according to the needs emerging from the issues of SE
•life context: historical, social, community and personal dimensions
•goals have to be created for SE, we ought to know what is worth of aspire for
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The result which has been created and which has to be further developed:
http://sokl.joensuu.fi/harkonen