Introduction

This reflective journal will explore four different pedagogy's and contexts for learning in today's classroom.  They are inspirational to myself and I have found them motivational; enthusing my own learning.

I have discovered that the four topics that I chose: Montessori; Forest Schools; The Foundation Phase and Learning in Another Context are all intertwined with the same theorists, for example, Vygotsky, Piaget, Froebel and pedagogues such as Dewey and Montessori herself.

The holistic approach is visible in all four contexts,  developing the child through experiential learning and metacognition; enjoying the relevant learning in a way that does not feel like learning.

Bruce (2011) states that 'Froebel realised that a child's play is of central importance in developing and learning' and throughout this journal this is recognised.  Play, for all ages, is an integral part of understanding and schema formation in whatever setting the child is learning in.

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