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Maturationism

Maturationism is an early childhood educational philosophy that sees the child as a growing organism and believes that the role of education is to passively support this growth rather than actively fill the child with information.

Maturationism is associated with the concept of developmental stages.

Major names in maturationism:

• G. E. Ames

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