The development of professionalism in the early stages of education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18945342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alasdair F B Roberts (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 254-264 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.1976.9973473 |
| OpenAlex | W2047325235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
and child-centred teaching is more commonly found at the nurseryinfant stage of schooling than at any other; and at the same time that such methods demand more of the teacher in terms of skill, organization, and adaptability. This circumstance provoked Nathan Isaacs to ask the question: 'What is required of the nursery-infant teacher in this country today?' and to answer it in these terms: On the kind of theory I have set out the demands on the nursery-infant teacher are particularly heavy. They are indeed far more so than for the later years. .... [She] would herself need to be a more or less complete microcosm of all human knowledge, wisdom and skill, in order to cope with these quasi-microcosma, our active, eager, full-living children of three to seven years of age-and steer them along towards the right finished form. Clearly she must fall very, very far short of this ideal.'
Adaptability · Business · Developmental psychology · Economics · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics) · Management · Mathematics education · Order (exchange) · Pedagogy · Pre school · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1977 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |