Ideas gallery 10.3 How and what should young children be learning? From a USA teacher and author: "I try to stand aside and allow(the children to speak for themselves. It is not easy to wait and listen. (Paley 1986: xv) From the Swedish Childcare Commission: "(Dialogue pedagogy) starts from the idea that thero should be a continuous dialogue between the child and the adults, on both an inner and outer level, which implies a reciprocal giving and taking of emotions, experiences and knowledge." (SOU 1972 in Dahlberg et al. 1999: 124) From a Botswanian parent: "I want my child to be taught by a someone with a good heart towards me and my child.' (le Roux 2002: 69) From a Kenyan publication on early childhood development: childhood is seen as a time of freedom and a time when the self. confidence of adulthood is built. The Samburu believe that during the early From a Bors Wahlan parent. twant want my(le Roux 2002: 69) a someone with a good heart towards me and child to be taught by my child." From a Kenyan publicatlon on early childhood development"Early childhood is seen as a time of freedom and a time when the self confidence of adulthood is built. The Samburu believe that during the early years the brain develops and the children are therefore responsive to environmental influences. From birth to about six years, the children have little to do except play. listen, imitate, learn and build their language skills. (Lamy asunya and Lesolayia 2001: 10) From an Indigenous Australan: "Our Aboriginal way has taught us to be still and wait. We do not hurry things up. We let them follow their natural course like the season. We don't mind waiting because we want things to be done with care." (Fleer and Williams Kennedy 2001a) From Maria Montessori, Italian educational theorist: "My vision of the future is no longer people taking exams and proceeding then on that certification but of individuals passing from one stage of independence to a higher[onej by means of their own activity through their own effort of will, which constitutes the inner evolution of the individual. (Montessori, 1973)