Integration on Campus and in the Community: A Comprehensive Approach to Learning

Abstract

For learning to be effective, it must have its greatest impetus in early preschool years with concern for the whole child. How can we help the infant and young child achieve his highest potential unless we work together with other professions, originally as fellow students? Learning in the classroom is not enough. The impact of theoretical knowledge comes when it is applied in practice. The project described, undertaken during a sabbatical leave, illustrates the need for an integrated approach to learning for both the student from the university and the young child in a developmentally oriented and well supervised day care center. The involvement of many disciplines in shared learning has contributed to an understanding of the biological, psychological, social and educational process of learning and its effective application in a field experience.

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