Children’s learning and development has been influenced greatly by a wide range of psychologists and early theorists over the years‚ who have conducted a range of research methods such as‚ observations‚ experiments‚ and interviews. Without early theorists conducting this research‚ our children’s education and developmental psychology would not be where it is today. Jean Piaget was one of these many theorists. Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland in 1896 and died in 1980. He was a scientist
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Unit 004: Child and Young Person Development Outcome 1: Know the main stages of child and young person development Assessment criteria 1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years. Children and young people‚ from birth to 19 years old‚ they tend to follow a development pattern. Even though all children and young people are different‚ the way in which they develop is very similar. For example children at the age of 18months are mainly walking
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Development of Movements and its importance in the Life of a Child This article briefly describes the process of the development of movements in a child and its implications on the personality of the child. The Philosophy of Movement The world of Man cannot be imagined without movement. Life is indicated by movement. In animal/bird/fish life we can realise that immobility is impossible. Even those classified as immovable (plant life) manifest their life by movement. The human kingdom isolates
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is developmentally. He is growing physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally as a child his age‚ four years old‚ should be maturing according to many theorists. While he has not mastered all the required steps for his age group he is achieving more and more of them each day. The following case study will discuss where Adrian is excelling and where he still needs a little work. A Case Study about Child Development Adrian is almost four years old and lives with his parents and older sister
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Swiss psychologist who was interested in child development. He came up with the famous theory of the Cognitive Stages in children through adulthood. The stages include sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operational‚ and formal operational. The different stages apply to different age groups. For example‚ the first stage‚ sensorimotor‚ applies to children at birth through 2 years of age‚ so this would not apply to the concrete operational kids whose age level includes kids who are roughly 7-12
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Child and Young Person’s Development – Task 1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years‚ to include: 1. Physical development 2. Communication and intellectual development 3. Social‚ emotional and behavioural development * Birth - 4 months: Gains about 1 oz. per day after initial weight loss in first week. At birth children have reflexes such as sucking‚ hands fisted‚ grasping‚ random movement etc. Around 1 month old they
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There are 7 factors that affect the development of a child: growth‚ diet‚ love and affection‚ sleep‚ stimulation‚ environment and medical conditions and illness. I will discuss six of them below: - GROWTH - a major factor affecting a child’s physical (eg. growth of bones and muscles) and mental (eg. growth of the brain) development. It is responsible for many things which are usually taken for granted. There are many illnesses and disorders that can negatively affect growth and prevent children
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Brandi MacDonald My Personal Theory of Child Development Vanguard University ECED 101: Child‚ Growth & Development March 14‚ 2014 Caryn Vigil-Price Abstract There are many theories of child development largely because many different people have studied the field for many years. Each theory has their different factors; biology‚ sociology‚ genetics‚ environment‚ and relationships are just a few of them. “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship
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Working Mothers: The Effect on a Child’s Development Introduction What is working mother? Working mother is defined as women who are married or not participating in the labour force for income to raise their children. Women start to be active in the labour force once they open the opportunity to the women to work and it is shown that there were a increasing rate of women in the labour force which is 71.3% at the year of 2010 compare to the year of 1990 (66.7%). It also happened because of the
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“Child and Young Person Development” Support Teaching and Learning in Schools‚ level 2 Karolina Piera Loughton 24th November 2014 Child and Young Person Development “Child development is not a matter of a single topic‚ but progresses somewhat differently for different aspects of the individual”. (Wikipedia‚ Child development) Children and young people’s development is not just a single issue. It encompasses the whole range of interactions between adults and children and between
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