"EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN EARLY AGE" (2)

"EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN EARLY AGE" (2)

 
Teaching Methods "SOUND, SHAPE & NUMBERS" From JHPESTALOZZI 
a. Introduction 

Discussion of methods of early childhood education will explore a fundamental concept argued by John Heindrick Pestalozzi. Judging from the range of the 18th century pad life may be a variety of views was 'old-fashioned', but if explored in depth in fact a lot of his views that became the basic framework thinkers of early childhood education in the present century. One view is particularly relevant in early childhood education is the concept of learning that emphasizes the voice, shape and number. This concept is very close to the dimensions of the development potential of children in Auditory, Visual, and a memory that will be used throughout the range of appropriate early childhood development. 

b. Basic view on Education 

Education aims to develop power - the soul of the child so as to be useful for the society and country. He first revealed that education is not an attempt to hoard knowledge to the students. On the basis of this view, he rejected the teaching that forms only "verbalistis" All efforts must be tailored to the educational development of children according to the real situation (nature). This view underlies his thinking that education is intrinsically relief work (relief) in children so that children are able to help themselves. The concept of the purpose of education, Pestalozzi strongly emphasizes the social aspects of development in the child so that the child be able to do an adaptation to their social environment and be able to become a useful member of society. The social education will evolve if education starts with good family education. The main role of family education is emphasized is the mother who can provide joints - joints in physical education, manners and religion. Research Peoples (1988) have argued earlier that 75% of human knowledge acquired through observations. 

c. Special Basic Concepts: Teaching Sounds, Shapes and Numbers 

Teaching sounds, shapes and numbers are characteristic of Pestalozzi view of how the learning process takes place. The concept sounds include language development materials that focus on aspects of communication and vocabulary vocabulary, history and earth science fields. Materials science includes the development of shape up, drawing and writing. Material number includes all aspects of development related to numeracy. In the year - the first year of the birth of a child, the main potential that must be a priority is development of AVM (Auditory, Visual and Memory). AVM development can be done through the teaching of sound, shape and number. Through the development of the AVM cell function - nerve cells to grow and subsequently develop the potential - potential for others like imagination, creativity, intelligence, talents, interests, and so forth. In practice, carried out in an integrated development AVM (intergrated). Central learning activities using conversational method and meceritakan something to focus children's attention is a fairly effective method of AVM in early childhood development. eg introducing red, spherical shape, and the sweet taste of an apple is one method of 'integrated' in the development of AVM. Through the image of the child introduced the notion of apple (vocabulary) and the pronunciation 'apple'), round shape, red color (there are also green and yellow) and number two (there are three, four and so on).