Peer-reviewed article
Approach in Early Childhood Education
Novi Cahya Dewi, Hadisa Putri ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This literature review describes three pedagogical approaches used in early childhood education: Montessori, High/Scope, and Beyond Centers and Circle Time (BCCT). The Montessori approach emphasizes free, loving environments for developing children's innate potential. High/Scope involves active child interaction with surroundings to build knowledge. BCCT focuses on exploring the child's environment through structured centers and circle time activities. The review aims to help educators choose appropriate approaches for their settings.
Key points
- Montessori approach emphasizes free and loving environmental conditions for developing children's innate potential
- High/Scope approach involves children actively interacting with their surroundings to increase knowledge
- BCCT approach emphasizes focusing and exploring the child's environment to increase knowledge
- The review compares three distinct pedagogical approaches to help educators make informed choices
Limitations
This is a descriptive literature review that does not compare the effectiveness of the three approaches or evaluate their outcomes for children. It provides theoretical descriptions only and does not present empirical evidence about which approach produces better developmental results.
Abstract
This research was conducted to describe the three types of approaches in early childhood education in order to increase knowledge and make it easier to choose the type of approach to be used with children. This research fully uses the type of literature review research or literature study which is based on relevant theories, such as books, journals, articles, and other research that is still being reviewed. Therefore the author takes the journal as a reference so that it can be accounted for. The approaches that will be discussed are the Montessori approach, the high/scope approach, and the Beyond Centers and Circle Time (BCCT) approach. The Montessori approach emphasizes the importance of free and loving environmental conditions for the development of a child's innate potential. The high/scope approach is a type of approach that involves children actively interacting with their surroundings in order to increase their knowledge. Beyond Centers and Circle Time (BCCT) is an approach that places more emphasis on focusing and exploring the child's environment in increasing knowledge.