The person who I admire

Hi, as you know, I'm studying Early Childhood Education and I wanted to tell you a little bit about how I felt about it. Usually a teacher carries with many responsabilities but without a doubt the most important is how you should act in a classroom, that is why I often inspire my behavior in some theoretical references that we have talked abuot in classes, the most important and influential for me is Emmi Pikler. 

Well, speaking a little more about her, I can tell you that Pikler was born in Vienna on January 9, 1902 and unfortunately he left us on June 6, 1984, however, despite leaving this world physically, his ideas, approaches and theories remain intact to this day. She lived all his childhood in Budapest, and then returned to Vienna in the twenties to study medicine. Emmi returns to Budapest finishing his studies, concentrating on pediatrics in a hospital there, the same city where she meets the one who will be her husband and with whom she will form a family.

His main contribution as a pediatrician is to open the eyes of the world and show another conception of the child, positioning him as an active, competent and capable of initiatives, which leads families to be interested and committed to the autonomous motor development of the child and to recognize the importance of an activity self-induced and driven by the child himself. Pikler managed to work in hundreds of child care and education centers, but without a doubt the cradle-house on Lóczy Street is the most important of them, after the Hungarian government asked her to run the center, she and the other women who work there they devoted themselves absolutely to the physical, affective and mental well-being of children who lack the care of their own parents. It was so much the dedication and concern for children, that the center became the ideal place for children's research, since the results of the Pikler's methodologies and practices contributed strongly to the development of children's lives. 

Today Pikler means a before and after in education and in parenting, she put on the table concepts such as "free movement", "stable relationship", "verbal and bodily communication", "autonomous play", "the attentions", "the role of the adult" and "the environment", generating a social impact to such an extent that many Chilean educational institutions take their name to elaborate curriculums and pedagogical practices. Emmi Pikler was great in her work, she left a mark on the past that remains intact and strong in the present and I have no doubt that it will also be in the future.

 I hope you liked what I share with you today, I send you a hug.