scholarly journals Criticizing Montessori’s Method of Early Childhood Education using Islamic Psychology Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-148
Author(s):  
Septi Gumiandari ◽  
Ilman Nafi'a ◽  
Dindin Jamaluddin

This study examined critically Montessori’s concepts on early childhood education through Islamic Psychology perspective. This research used qualitative methodology with a literature approach. The results showed that (1) Montessori’s method pays more attention to the cognitive aspect of children development while children potential doesn’t only consist of cognitive, affective, and psycho-motoric aspects, but also spiritual one; (2) Reinforcement are not needed in Montessori’s method, while in Islamic Psychology, rewards can increase children's learning and punishment is needed to make children become disciplined in carrying out the rules; (3) Learning environment should be structured, in order, realistic and natural. This concept is suitable for upper class educational institutions but it would be difficult for middle-low income groups since the materials required by Montessori’s method is expensive enough. (4) Parents and teachers are required to become observers and interpreters. This role may pose problem on the part of parents and teachers since not all parents and teachers have criteria to act as is it expected by Montessori’s method.

Generasi Emas ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Bahril Hidayat ◽  
Ary Antony Putra ◽  
Musaddad Harahap

The relationship among early childhood education is related to the Islamic Education and Islamic Psychology perspective. Discussion of this article forms of theoretical review and expected to generate scientific reference to formulate explanation and development of science about Islamic Early Childhood Education according to Islamic Psychology. Islamic Education into early childhood as students, not only based on the principles of western Educational Psychology and Psychology of Learning (Psychology Learning and Teaching) from the Western scientist theory, but must be based on Islamic values and concept too. By applying the concept, the internalization of Islamic Education into the psychophysiological of early childhood will be achieved. According to the integration of principles of science and Islam through 5 Strategic Development of Islamic Education for Early Childhood Based on Islamic Psychology Principles, namely, 1) awakening learners' self-awareness about Islam, 2) involves the educational environment in to the learning activities, 3) understanding the child's age development by the method of playing, 4) using techniques that appeal to early childhood, 5) directing the child to develop their unique potential.


Author(s):  
María Luisa García Rodríguez ◽  
Natalia Paíno Sánchez

Durante a permanência em dois centros educativos para cursar as disciplinas de formação básica Prática I e Prática II, do Mestrado em Educação Infantil da Universidade de Salamanca (Espanha), observaram-se desconsiderações, por parte das famílias, em relação às advertências das professoras. Coloca-se, assim, a conveniência de abordar o estudo das relações escola-família com o objetivo de contribuir para sua otimização. A indagação é abordada mediante a metodologia qualitativa, avaliada como a mais oportuna pela sua flexibilidade e sua grande riqueza de resultados. Coletaram-se os dados mediante entrevistas com professores/professoras e as famílias dos alunos entre 3 a 6 anos, de Salamanca e de Cáceres. Tal aproximação da realidade permitiu conhecer as sensações e vivências das pessoas entrevistadas. Mediante uma profunda análise da informação encontrada, chegamos a conclusões notáveis. Há coincidências em reconhecer que existem barreiras e um certo desencontro. Também se oferecem soluções para alcançar a harmonia e a coordenação entre ambas as instituições educadoras.Palavras-chave: Relações escola-família. Coordenação. Análise das soluções. Harmonia.AbstractDuring the stay in two Educational Centers to study the subjects Practicum I and Practicum II of the Early Childhood Education Degree at the University of Salamanca, thoughtlessness manners from the families to the warnings from the teacher are being observed. That way, it’s convenient to arise a study of the relationships between the School and the Families to contribute their improvement. The research has addresses through a qualitative Methodology. That Methodology is valued as the most accurate because of its wealthy results. Data was collected from different interviews with teachers, and 3-6 years-old students’ parents from Salamanca and Cáceres. The proximity to their reality allowed to know the feelings and experiences of the people interviewed. The conclusions arrived after a deep analysis of that information were coincident and remarkable. There is a recognized barrier in the relationships. There are also solutions to get the harmony and the coordination within both educational institutions.Keywords: Relationships between school and families. Coordination. Solution analysis. HarmonyResumenDurante la estancia en dos centros educativos para cursar las asignaturas de formación básica Prácticum I y Prácticum II de la titulación de Grado en Maestro de Educación Infantil de la Universidad de Salamanca (España), se observan desconsideraciones por parte de las familias hacia las advertencias de las maestras. Se plantea así la conveniencia de abordar el estudio de las relaciones Escuela-Familia con el objetivo de contribuir a su optimización. La indagación se aborda mediante metodología cualitativa. Se valora como la más oportuna por su flexibilidad y su gran riqueza de resultados. Se recogieron los datos mediante entrevistas a maestros/as y familias de alumnado de 3 a 6 años de Salamanca y de Cáceres. Dicha aproximación a la realidad permitió conocer las sensaciones y vivencias de las personas entrevistadas. Tras un profundo análisis de la información hallada se llegó a notables conclusiones. Se dan coincidencias en reconocer que existen barreras y cierto desencuentro. También se ofrecen soluciones para alcanzar la armonía y coordinación entre ambas instituciones educadoras.Palabras clave: Relaciones escuela-familia. Coordinación. Analise de las soluciones. Armonía.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 251-266
Author(s):  
Dwi Istiyani ◽  
A.M. Wibowo

This study aims at describing and analyzing the internalization of national awareness through raudlotul athfal (RA; an Islamic early childhood education institution) with the spirit of Aswaja an-Nahdliyah. Aswaja an-Nahdliyah is an ideology adopted by Nahdlatul Ulama, a major Islamic religious organization in Indonesia. This study argues that the internalization of the national awareness needs to be instilled from early age to anticipate the influence of globalization which is feared to erode the original character of a nation. Within the study, the qualitative method was adopted in order to answer two research questions: (1) how Islamic early childhood educational institutions develop nationalism awareness through the teachings of Ahlusunnah wal Jamaah; and (2) how the institutions construct the awareness of nationalism through the teachings of Ahlusunnah wal Jamaah. The results of the study show that the internalization of nationalism awareness through Islamic early childhood education institutions with the Aswaja an-Nahdliyah’s spirit has been carried out through curriculum content which has been systematically arranged in each research subject with the principle of considering early childhood characteristics. At the same time, the results of the study also show that the construction of nationalism awareness in the Islamic early childhood education institutions can be seen in Islamic holidays and national activities which were held on the Islamic early childhood institutions. 


2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-0
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk ◽  
Olga Wysłowska

The article presents results of research into low income parents as well as professionals involved in the education, care and upbringing sectors. It concerns access to toddler care and preschool, the costs of sending children to such institutions, support for parents on low incomes, as well as the demands parents have of these institutions. The authors carried out two group interviews with parents, as well as three individual interviews with workers from the institutions. In the final part of the article, the results of the research are presented along with recommendations for politics concerning the sectors of education, upbringing and care of children from the ages of 0 to 6.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Masdalipah Masdalipah ◽  
Endin Mujahidin ◽  
Ending Bahruddin

<p>Implementation of early childhood education (ECD) in Indonesia, especially under the auspices of Islamic educational institutions are still very limited and have not been able to cater to the educational needs of early children across Indonesia. In addition, an increase in the quantity of early childhood institutions, has not been accompanied by an increase in quality. For that, we need innovative learning model in early childhood institutions. This research focuses on the implementation of thematic learning model on Islamic Education in Raudhatulathfal Al-Jihad, which covers all aspects of planning (program), execution (process), evaluation of thematic learning, and its impact on the quality of Islamic education. The research method used was eksperimental research. In addition to testing, the researcher also collected qualitative data through observation and interviews. The study is located in the Kelurahan Kalibaru RT.02 RW.02 Kecamatan Cilodong, Depok, West Java. Formally, the tryout of study was conducted from January to July 2012. Based on the research conducted, through validation readability level, student responses and learning outcomes, the thematic learning model on Islamic education deserves to be applied to early childhood education in Raudhatulathfal Al-Jihad and also applied to other institutions those are similar. In the pre-test results, two different groups obtained about average 7.737 for the experimental group; and 7.789 for the controlled group. Once the thematic learning model on Islamic education applied, then the group of students performed post-test, the result is 8.578 for the experimental group; and 7.947 for the controlled group. The impact of the implementation of the model thematic learning on Islamic education in early childhood toward the quality of Islamic education is very significant. This is obvious from the responses of students very well, that is 96.51%, and the learning outcomes achieved 100% completion. Through a thematic learning model on Islamic education in early childhood, the average increase in the quality of education obtained in the experimental group were higher (0.841) than the controlled one (0.158). Therefore, it is highly recommended that thematic model of learning to be applied in Islamic educational institutions which organizing early childhood education with specific instructional objectives for learning Islamic Education, which covers three areas; cognitive, affective and psychomotor, so that every student in early childhood education can develop basic competencies, such as morals behavioral/social emotional, Islamic competence and other basic competences as the provision they entered to the next educational level.</p><p class="Affiliation"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (57) ◽  
pp. 816-827
Author(s):  
Aywkslânia Nogueira de Souza ◽  
Verônica Rejane Lima Teixeira

Resumo: O presente projeto tem como tema principal a ser abordado a importância da matemática na educação infantil, tendo como objetivos identificar os fatores que contribuem para essa aprendizagem e como as práticas lúdicas podem oferecer suporte para dinamizar e conscientizar dos benefícios de uma aprendizagem matemática. Para desenvolver esta pesquisa foi utilizada uma metodologia de caráter qualitativo com fontes de estudos bibliográficas, fundamentadas em autores que enfatizam a importância da aprendizagem matemática na educação infantil e em documentos que garantem os direitos de brincar da criança no âmbito escolar e em documentos como Referencial Curricular Nacional na Educação Infantil, A Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação, Base Nacional Comum Curricular e Currículo de Pernambuco, com o intuito de aplicar uma visão aos educadores sobre a aprendizagem Matemática na Educação Infantil. Palavras chave: Matemática; Infantil; Criança; Aprendizagem.  Abstract: This project has as at main theme the importance of mathematics in early childhood education, aiming to identify the factors that contribute to this learning and how playful practices can provide support to boost and raise awareness of the benefits of learning mathematics. To develop this research, a qualitative methodology was used with sources of bibliographical studies, based on authors who emphasize the importance of mathematics learning in early childhood education and on documents that guarantee the children's rights to play in the school environment and on documents such as Curriculum Reference National in Early Childhood Education, The Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education, Common National Curriculum Base and Curriculum of Pernambuco, with the aim of applying a vision to educators on the learning of Mathematics in Early Childhood Education.Keywords: Mathematics; Children; Learning. 


Author(s):  
Brenda Bushouse

This article provides a comparative perspective on early childhood education (ECE) policy in the USA and New Zealand. The contrast between the two countries is significant. In the USA the federal government funds early childhood education only for the poor and disabled. Some individual states have created their own funding programmes, but again, they primarily target children from low-income families. Only a few provide universal access. By way of contrast, the New Zealand 20 Hours Free programme initiated in 2007 provides 20 hours of free ECE for three- and four-year olds regardless of family income. This article discusses the creation of the programme, starting with its genesis in 2005, and considers what are regarded as “wedge” issues, the controversy over the exclusion of private services and parent/whanau-led services, and the ongoing debate over the restriction on “top-up” fees. In the current global economic crisis, it remains to be seen whether the recently-elected National-led government will continue to fully fund the programme or revert to a subsidy strategy.


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