Guest Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 hello again please can somebody help im a litlle stuck. i need to a little more theory on learning. what im looking for or if anybody can help its called Laissez faire which i have got no idea where to start or what it means i have done a goodle search but have not come up with any info that may help me. Ive reead in one of my books and it mentions that Laissez faire which apparently is (leave them alone and do not interfere) not sure if this means let them play and be there to support. Please please can somebody help me on this. Any help wikl be greatly appreciated. Thank you
AnonyMouse_2732 Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Well, I've not come across it as a theory for learning, but it means exactly what you say, when literally translated. I would think it more a rule of thumb than a fully fledged theory, but I'm not an encyclopaedia! I would think let them play but be there to support/extend would be fair interpretation... anyone? Sue
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Laissez faire literally means "let happen" or don't interfere. www.rspnorthants.org.uk/materials/TopicOverview.doc
Guest Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 hello again please can somebody help im a litlle stuck. i need to a little more theory on learning. what im looking for or if anybody can help its called Laissez faire which i have got no idea where to start or what it means i have done a goodle search but have not come up with any info that may help me. Ive reead in one of my books and it mentions that Laissez faire which apparently is (leave them alone and do not interfere) not sure if this means let them play and be there to support. Please please can somebody help me on this. Any help wikl be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Guest Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 thank u for ur relplies il add what u have given me. Thank u again
AnonyMouse_1469 Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 one of my hand-outs from uni describes this as the Nativist approach , advantages are: Adults value observing children and can offer the right resources and activities for the childs stage of development; Children can make choices,explore,try things out and make errors without having a sense of failure; Adults are able to follow the childs lead and are sensitive to the child; disadvantages are: adults might hold back too much from interacting with the child because of fears of damaging the child's natural development; children might be under stimulated because adults are waiting for signs of readiness to elarn,they might not be shown how to do something; Children from different cutures or with special educational needs might be labelled 'unready' and not given support at the right time. don't know if that helps or not, but suggest you look in Tina Bruce and caroline meggitt Child care and Education book (Hodder and Stoughton), (2002), chapter 2,
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