The Influence Of My Personal Perspective On Child Guidance Theory

My personal perspective on child guidance theory would be closely related to the constructivist approach. The reason I can relate to this approach is because I believe early childhood should be about learning experiences, rather than academic learning or forced learning. Children need to explore and understand the world around them, they need to freely express their thoughts, however, at the same time the adults or teachers can step in and take the lead in the child’s play experience (Miller, 2016). According to Miller “…The constructivist believe that children can learn to behave appropriately only when they have inner maturity as well as suitable external influences. When early childhood educators (ECE) provide stimulating environments that engage in the children's interest, this is when the child will know their voices are being heard and respected from the teacher. Acknowledging children as …“rich, strong, capable, and competent” (p.40) learners can provide many opportunities to influence the early childcare experiences (Makovichuk, Hewes, Lirette, & Thomas, 2014). When ECE’s understand the importance of children's current and historical learning theories this enables ECE’s to create environments that encourage developmental domain growth in children giving them the opportunity to flourish. …show more content…
describes post-foundation perspectives as a way for children to explore and develop relationships with others in the community. ECE can provide environments which encourage children to develop this learning stage, by implementing activities that foster communication skills. These include; block play and dramatic play centres which helps aid in the children’s prosocial behaviour. Working in an early childcare center, I have seen several children foster the behaviours of others in their play group; the children observe others and associate the play to their