My love of working with children inspired my decision to study a BA in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Derby. The degree has provided me with valuable knowledge regarding the cognitive‚ social and emotional development of a child and the importance of safeguarding children. It has shown me how children learn and the factors that can affect a child’s learning progress. I am motivated and passionate about being a part of the educational system in order to give children the skills and confidence
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Infancy‚ Babyhood‚ Early Childhood INFANCY * Covers the 1st 2 weeks of life – time needed for the newborn to adjust to his new environment outside the mother’s womb. * Normal for babies to experience a small weight loss at this time because newborns are unwilling to eat during their 1st few days. * A slight yellowing of the skin around on the 3rd day is natural – adjustment of his liver. It disappears as soon as the infant begins to eat normally. * A baby needs to be put
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Middle Childhood Development Carman Moon ECE 332 Professor Haddy October 3‚ 2011 Each child will grow and develop‚ but not all will reach milestones at the same time. This makes it very important for educators and parents to have knowledge and understanding of the developmental milestones of middle childhood in order to ensure that a child is developmentally progressing within a normal time frame. These milestones are set up as a guide to help parents and educators make choices to take
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Designing an Early Childhood Program When designing an early childhood program‚ the first step would be to assess the need in your community. You need to determine what is missing in your community and then offer a solution. The next step would be to develop your program philosophy. This will let people know how you plan on addressing the need and what values you will be instilling in the children you serve. The last step in establishing a program in your community is to decide the type of
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and understanding children‚ working in partnership with them‚ giving children the opportunity to actively make decisions that will result in their ideas becoming reality and their contributions bringing about positive change (Ministry of Social Development 2003). Children’s participation is a right not an optional extra (Participation Works 2012). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) promotes a rights-based approach to children and states that these rights begin at birth
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Middle Childhood‚ as defined by HDEV‚ is the time between ages 6 and 12‚ beginning with the time that a child begins school to the start of the adolescent phase of development. During this time‚ the human body goes through physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ and cognitive changes. Through knowledge of human development and recalling events from when I went through this developmental stage‚ I will find the correlation to my personal experiences and these developmental changes that occurred. During middle
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Early Child Development There are many key factors that play up to the role of early child development‚ starting from before the child is nonexistent‚ until the child is a full grown baby. Bodily Processes of Reproduction There are numerous hormones in the human body that play key factors in allowing a human being to reproduce successfully. Spermatogenesis Spermatogenesis is the 65 to 75 day process in which the human male anatomy produces sperm cells. In the male body‚ follicle-stimulating
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Childhood: An Early Modern View Question: Analyze continuities and changes in methods of child-rearing among the English upper classes from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. How did adult views of children shape adult practices toward their children? Throughout the sixteenth‚ seventeenth‚ and eighteenth century‚ methods for childrearing were based on the adult perceptions of children. While some methods remained‚ others were being removed. These methods of childrearing fluctuated
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I would act as I do with most things‚ proactively. I am going to assume the diagnosis(es) were arrived at through a thorough and collective process of gathering information from several sources‚ including doctors‚ schools and myself or any other caregivers involved with the child. That my child’s behavior and or learning issues will have been compared to other children the same age and that rating scales have been used to identify and document these "behaviors". That available intelligence
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in the early childhood field‚ requires a significant amount of information a individual should know.. The field depends upon understanding specific guidelines linked to a profession or task. Along with being apprehensive to following procedures related to teaching or dealing with situations. Participants in the field‚ must have certain qualities and skills. These requirements‚ skills‚ and guidelines all go hand and hand into Professionalism and Ethics. Professionalism in early childhood‚ channels
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