Who is the father of early childhood Education?

Question

Who is the father of early childhood Education?

Answer 1

I would agree with Piaget.  His definition of cognitive development is very interesting and the stages are extremely beneficial in learning about young children and those stages are the Sensory Motor stage, Preoperational stage, Concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage.  If you understand these stages of development and the children you teach it is so much easier to determine the needs of children.   He also categorized types of knowledge; social, arbitrary knowledge, physical knowledge and logical knowledge.  While children obtain social knowledge from others through social interactions, they construct physical and logical knowledge as they experiment with objects and manipulate materials.  Hats of to Piaget!!!!

Answer 2

Piaget

Answer 3

jean piaget

Answer 4

Piaget is believed to have changed how many people viewed children. Lev Vygotsky looked at social development. Maria Montessori looked at how to educate children.  Friedrich Froebel looked at the value of play and is considered to have invented kindergarten. John Dewey is considered the father of pragmatism. Below are articles on the above people who are all considered to be part of the roots of ECE.

Answer 5

We are taught about Piaget in almost every class. He is defenitely the leader.

Vygotsky, Erickson, Skinner, and Bandera are also important.

Frederick Froebel was the father of Kindergarten.