Introduction

Contexts of learning refers to the environment, surroundings and way children learn. Whether it be inside the formal classroom setting, outdoors in the environment, on a school trip or through play. It is important to create the best environment for children to learn making sure they are getting involved with the task, understanding and constantly engaged. Most teachers and practitioners today are aware of the many ways in which a child can learn but it important that it is put into practice within schools for a child to receive the best education and opportunity to continue learning lifelong skills.

Throughout my blog I will look and assess various contexts of learning and will look at the work of different theorists related to the contexts of learning that I chose to investigate and discuss.

Conclusions

As a result of analysing many different contexts of learning I can see that in many ways they are very similar. The work from theorists such as Maria Montessori, Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner and Lev Vygotsky has been used in order to come up with the Foundation Phase.

Through researching these various different themes of learning I feel I have expanded my knowledge regarding the ways in which children learn and would now feel more comfortable if being asked question regarding Forest Schools or Children's Houses. I'm now looking forward to hopefully passing my degree and being able to put my knowledge into practice when working in an education environment.