Early Childhood Curriculum & Methods
The comprehensiveness of understanding of young children
Roxie Baker
October 22, 2012
Monique Snowden

I choose to go with the age group of pre-k. Philosophy of education can refer to either the

academic field of applied philosophy or to one of any educational philosophies that promote a

specific type or vision of education and/or which examine the definition, goals and meaning of

education. When designing a curriculum, the comprehension must be understood in a classroom.

The topic of this paper is using a curriculum to set up a pre-k classroom. It’s very important when understanding the curriculum to master the essentials when designing a classroom. Designing a classroom is one of the major issues for a teacher when trying to incorporate the curriculum into the classroom. Most classroom are well thought of because the usually plan a participation exploration, and conducive to a learning environment. Teachers who have better classrooms have students with higher achievements and organizational skills. A real challenge for teachers is trying to provide general educations that are inclusive that works for all children.

Some of the theories and/or philosophies that I have chosen was John Lock because that education make the man, and I believe that and it’s all about where you put the education after you have it. So he came up with a theory of Associationism. A great mind needs to be brought to light. Another great philosopher is John Dewey because he believed in the continuance of life and the meaning for it is that education is really needed in every person. I envisioned my classroom having a lot of informed posters on the wall and different centers for playing/ learning as in science, technology, manipulative, writing etc., also having a little are in the corner but the window to use during circle time to see the