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CONSTRUCTIVE LEARNING IN PRACTICE early childhood education in a holistic manner: A CRITICAL REVIEW

Early Childhood Education (ECD) is one of the strategic areas to initiate efforts to develop human resources (HR), due to theoretically and in strengthening the findings showed that the laying of the foundations of education have the opportunity and a great role

when undertaken at an early age. Certainly the life of childhood have a logical consequence of the next life will be embodied in adulthood as a result of her childhood. So that childhood is termed as the golden (golden age), where intelligence thrive in this period, and through this period, the capacity of intelligence will be difficult to grow again. The statement was reinforced by many neurologists that the intelligence of children grown to 50% of the intelligence on to the age of four years, then 80% of the attainment of intelligence at the age of 8 years, and reached the age of 8-18 years at 100% intelligence. Perspective provides important insights in the education of the importance of attention to early childhood education at the time, so that the actions being undertaken education in early childhood does not then become a very simple thing, but in response as exceptional educational treatment. With not too more perhaps there is a paradigm shift in education is in line with the level of awareness and advancement of human civilization, strengthened by the results of research on human development and the child (development research) performed well with the approach of study and cross lateral longtudinal study .

This important instrument was arrested earlier by the developed countries, especially America, where by the year 2000 in a speech nation President Bush said: "that by the year 2000, all American children will start school ready to learn". (Mustafa, 2008). This statement set out from one of hope and belief that by giving priority to the implementation of early childhood education, American countries continue to appear progressive and enduring a pioneer for other countries of the present and future. Because of these efforts is a long term program that could determine the fate of the country, especially in this case the American people. An incredible breakthrough made by a superpower country in order to maintain an identity in the future and create a more prominent human resources, and leader of other nations, it is important for early childhood education a key strategic concern that need to be put forward. Throughout his journey, claim official recognition by other countries. One was the state of Indonesia, which was initially a higher priority in other aspects of education as the completion of the program nine years of compulsory education (Wajardikdas) and development of college (PT), becoming the world looked at seriously for ECD.

Everywhere through existing agencies in the Region, ECD became viral very quickly. High optimism is certainly how the future strive to walk in accordance with the practice of the learning theories used in the ECD's. Learning is not possible then allowed to walk naturally without any basis in accordance with the scientific approach, so that high expectations are not opposite with limitations. So that early childhood education can be implemented and interpreted finally as a whole and intact.

Obviously practice in accordance with the agreement as issued by the NAEYC (National Association of Early Childhood Young) is developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) or practice in accordance with the development (Wortham, 2006). Where learning approach in early childhood is no longer based learning as enforceable against an adult learner. The curriculum should be designed to be child-centered, with other words that children as subjects in the learning activities. Expected with the implementation of the DAP that teachers understand the stages of child development, that this is the benchmark for program planning, implementation and evaluation of learning and so become the same direction with the goal of early childhood itself, until the technical level only one is how it ends can be created child-centered classroom. No more tolerance for assuming children as miniature adults. But it should be understood that the child is the active constructor of meaning, subjects and learner as well, no longer as objects of adult or teacher. To realize the child-centered learning requires thinking then of course that also centered on the child, thinking oriented to the needs of children, and service which emphasizes child, then it can be manifested by intact in all aspects of good educational programs, teaching practices, and curriculum. While the phenomenon exists, at the level of discourse in Indonesia early childhood impression has led to learning-oriented approach to development, but not rarely found in practice learning behaviors in fact struggling with the approach. This occurs, according to the assumptions the authors lack of understanding of the DAP and its principles, which later became the trigger there is a leap in the understanding of the theory and then make early childhood education in terms of discourse leads to a more contemporary theory, but in practice they remain in classic theory, which certainly This can not be justified in terms of scholarship.

The problem children are not seen as something very simple, but problems of children can be seen as the most direct impact on the direction of education and human resource people to the fore, with this paradigm should be present as a forum for early childhood education and strategic potential for this country to catch up other nations.

Obviously with a serious attitude to balance policy and program implementation, one of which includes design and modeling problems in early childhood learning must have a clear frame of reference and theoretically justified, since we can not defend ourselves constantly practices that do not conform with a normative science. For that purpose in this writing, attempt to explain how constructivism is the embryo of the DAP can understanding holistically. So that early childhood education comes to be more nutritious.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 12:23  


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