My blog talks about many factors and issues within the
educational learning context. The first blog that was posted looks at the
importance of play within child development. I choose this topic as I felt that
there was a lot of research in this area and believed that different types of
development can be applied through play.
The second blog
looks at Maria Montessori and the key factors in which she used for her methods.
Her ideas of children individually developing themselves inspired me to create
this blog. I found all her ideas very interesting and her past experiences of
working with children with learning difficulties.
The third blog
looks at children learning through forest schools. As I agreed with this method
I believed to form my own opinion by exploring the benefits of this type of
learning. From my experiences of forest school from a child allowed to me to
remember and apply my knowledge to write this blog.
The final blog
looks at why parents choose home education. This was a very controversial topic
as many people disagree with this and feel that every child should have a
teacher led education. I decided to
write this so people can read this and understand why parents remove their
children from school without judging and take into account the reasons why this
decision was made.
All blogs are under the labels of:
·
PLAY
·
MONTESSORI
·
FOREST SCHOOL
·
HOME EDUCATION
Finally is a list of all the
references that were used within all four of the blogs:
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a more Peaceful World’: Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning,
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(2005) Forest School Learning Initiative case study. [online] Available
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2013].
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(2013) Forest School Wales [online] Available at: http://www.forestschoolwales.org.uk/aelodaeth-membership/privacy-policy/
[Accessed: 29th Apr 2013]
Galloway, D. (2008). ‘Special Issue on Home Education’: Journal of Evaluation and
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Sage.
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Natanson,J. (1997),
Learning through Play. London: Cassell.
O'brien
, L. (2009) The Forest School Approach . International Journal of Primary,
Elementary and Early Years Education, 37 (1), p.45-60. [online] Available
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[Accessed: 29th April 2013].
Rothermel, P. (2008). ‘Can we Classify Motives for Home Education?’: Journal of Evaluation
and Research into Education, 17, 2, pp. 74-89. [online] Available at: http://www.swetswise.com.v-ezproxy.smu.ac.uk/FullTextProxy/swproxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fpdf%2F10.1080%2F09500790308668293&ts=1367362196122&cs=3114731901&userName=5390052.ipdirect&emCondId=5390052&articleID=40368443&yevoID=2462853&titleID=72967&referer=1&remoteAddr=212.219.61.169&hostType=PRO&swsSessionId=zh2Jwm3LV7nXFfkO+K1Okw__.pasc2.
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Singer, D., Roberta, G. and Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2006). Play Equals Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children’s Cognitive
and Social- Emotional Growth. New York: Oxford University Press.
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