Impact of Montessori, Kindergarten and Play-Way Method of Teaching on Pre-School Children: A Teacher’s Perspective

Abstract

The age of three to eight years also referred to as the pre-school period is the most impressionable and formative years of a children. It is in this period that the cognitive abilities start forming a base and attains a certain level that dictates the intellectual and social future of a child. Hence, pre-school education holds an important responsibility to ensure the cognitive development of a child. This study analyses the three methods of teaching viz. Kindergarten, Montessori and Play-way method and emphasizes on the impact posed by them on the cognitive development of a child. The study was done according to the opinions hold by 301 teachers from the Thrissur district of Kerala. The study established the impact of the three method of education on the internal and external factors affecting cognition of pre-school children.