EARLY THEORETICAL MODELS OF CHILDHOOD
| Augustinian
(Puritans,17th Century) |
Educationalist
(Locke,18th Century) |
Natural Educationalist (Rousseau,18th-19th Centuries) | |
|
Nature Of Child |
innately corrupt, sinful/animal nature (self-will) must be overcome or constrained | blank slate (tabula rasa), neither good nor evil; child needs to be constructed, imprinted | innately pure/wise; innate "childlikeness" (self-will) needs to be developed, protected from social institutions |
|
Mode Of Instruction |
discipline though physical constraint, punishment | directive control through reason and intellect; "instruction and delight" | non-directive; "well-regulated liberty" |
|
Objectives |
spiritual | intellectual, moral | emotional/psychological, moral |