摘要：Various preschool education programs are being implemented at the international level. These programs aim to raise self-confident, curious, creative, imaginative children, who respect themselves and others around them, can perceive problems and try to come up with alternative solutions to these problems. The purposeof this studyis to makea comparativeanalysis of educational approaches ofMontessori, Waldorf, andReggio Emilia byreviewing their histories, philosophies, learning environments, teaching materials, roles ofteachers and studentsin the learning process andby discussing science curricula, assessmentprocesses and relationships between learners and teachers.Montessori approach is based on the theory that children can learn spontaneously intheir own developmental process.Itallows children to understand the order of the nature, to investigate, experiment,and make errors, and to correct their own mistakes.Waldorf approach aims to enable children learn about life and be an active member of society, by emphasizing the improvement of children's motivation and development of their cognitive and affective skills. ReggioEmilia approach allowschildren to makenew discoveriesthrough real life experiences.All three approaches are student centered and they allow children discover themselves and their environments. Evaluation of these programs regarding their perspectives onteaching science and nature, in theory and implementation, is alsoin the scope of this study
关键词：Montessori; Waldorf and ;Reggio Emilia approaches; ;science and nature teaching
