Introduction to context learning

Learning is about being a researcher. The young child is a builder of theories. The young child learns by communicating and expressing their concepts and theories and by listening to others” Rinaldi (2002)

Learning is a stage a person goes through in order to absorb and obtain information, once this information has been understood and obtained then it is said that the person has learnt. There are many ways in which a person can learn and people find different strategies easier than others. Many theorists have different opinions and theories in which they believe is the way people learn. For example Piaget argued that children build their knowledge through experience and the environment.  Meanwhile the contexts in which children are based in have a great influence on their learning. While one child may learn best from playing, another child may benefit from being outdoors. It is therefore important that early years settings have a mixture of context. It is essential that the child involved is simulated to learn therefore needs to be interested in their context. Within this blog I will discuss; Play, Forest
Schools, Montessori, and the Foundation Phase.