What is child development? Why study child development? Child development involves the scientific study of changes in the child’s biological‚ social‚ cognitive and emotional behaviour across the span of childhood. Every child’s development is unique and complex. Although children develop through a generally predictable sequence of steps and milestones‚ they may not proceed through these steps in the same way or at the same time. Psychologists and development researchers have proposed a number of
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the term sensitive periods and link them appropriately to the child’s first stage of development. Explain how you would support these sensitive periods during this first crucial stage. Dr. Maria Montessori‚ basing on her scientific child observation‚ concluded that children learn and adjust to their surroundings on their own and by the means of inner powers (Montessori‚ 1966) they possess at birth: the Absorbent Mind (Montessori‚ 2007a)‚ human tendencies (Montessori‚ 1966) and sensitive periods
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Sensitive Periods Define the term sensitive periods Sensitive periods are a period in a child’s life where they are obsessed with certain aspects of learning without any particular reason. This period is an optimum time for development and children can really develop specific abilities and skills. When children are in their sensitive periods and working with any activity‚ they will not show any signs of fatigue and will repeat the activity a number of times. These periods last for a certain
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Mothering Barlow‚ Kathleen 2010 Sharing Food‚ Sharing Values: Mothering and Empathy in Murik Society. Ethos 38(4):339-353. Immersing herself in the Murik culture of Papua New Guinea‚ the author—professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies at Central Washington University—focuses on the Murik ideology of mothering. She uses data from her fieldwork notes to demonstrate the concept‚ importance‚ and effect of “mothering” in Murik society. The author’s main objective is to show how people‚ sharing
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How can we explain that the child is his own creator? Then what will be the role of adults? It is the child who builds himself and not others. The assistance that is provided by the parents helps the child to build himself. Children are dependent on adults. So the adults should give them right conditions. The adults should have clarity on what they are doing and whether they are offering anything for the child’s development. The adult should also know what the child actually needs and whether
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No: 1 Define the term Sensitive periods and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines he’s/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. According to Montessori that it is very easy for a child to acquire certain abilities such as language‚ discrimination of sensory stimuli‚ and mental modeling of the environment at certain periods this is what Dr. Montessori called Sensitive periods. (Montessori‚ 1966). In my easy I’m
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pap1639x_ch01.qxd 5/22/02 8:25 PART ONE Page 2 About Child Development As you reenter the realm of childhood‚ this time with an adult’s eyes‚ Part I of this book can serve as a map or guide. It traces routes that investigators have followed in the quest for information about what makes children grow up the way they do‚ presents routes for studying child development‚ points out the main directions students of development follow today‚ and poses questions about the best way to reach
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Every child‚ no matter where he or she lives‚ has the right to grow up feeling safe and cared for: a simple thought‚ which few would openly challenge. But‚ sadly‚ the reality is quite different’ The Holistic/Integrated Approach To The Study Of Early Childhood This holistic ideology values the whole child and endeavours to understand each young child as an individual within the context of his or her family‚ community and culture. With this approach‚ professionals endeavour to be sensitive and responsive
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In the essay I will define the term sensitive period and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines his/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. The understanding of the sensitive period plays a vital role to the significant of a child’s development at the early age of his environment. Montessoriobserved two special powers that appear to aid children in their task of development as individual in the first plane: children appear to go
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Montessori Montessori Method has not only developed in the United States‚ but has spread worldwide. There are over 4000 Montessori schools in the United States and Canada‚ and total about 20‚000 worldwide. Parts of the world include Asia‚ Western Europe‚ New Zealand‚ Australia‚ and Central and South America. The general impression is that all Montessori schools are the same‚ however‚ there is a great deal of diversity within the school system; no two schools are the same. Montessori schools
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