This child observation will draw on a child developmental theory to discuss the activities of the child I have observed. I will comment on the child’s physical growth and development‚ cognitive abilities‚ health‚ social relationships and emotional wellbeing. I will also look at the child’s interaction with other children and adults ‚ in order to appreciate the child’s development and account for differences and similarities as proffered by my chosen theory of Attachment. I intend to demonstrate
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Johnny Deep TECA 1354 Dr. Osso Negro 04 April 2010 Child Observation Project I will be observing a seven-year-old child for my project. What I have learned from being a parent and watching my kids as they grow up the social emotional‚ physical and intellectual changes that occur in children between birth and the end of adolescence are that they all progress at individual intervals from dependency to increasing individualism. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by
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Montessori St. Nicholas Foundation Course (Birth – 6) Unit No. 13 Assignment 13a: What are the essential qualities of a good Montessori teacher‚ and why are these essential from the child ’s point of view? Assignment 13b: Describe in detail the changing demands made on the teacher and how she adjusts her role in the classroom accordingly? Name: | Lim C. Chong | MSN Student Reference: | 14789 | Address: | 43 Alexander StreetCockle BayHowickAUCKLANDNew Zealand
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An Outline and Evaluation of Moral Development through Piagets Theory and the Social Learning Theory Piaget (1932) developed a major theory based on children’s cognitive methodology when approaching particular moral situations; using the game of marbles and moral stories/dilemmas to evaluate the moral development a child. In his evaluation he categorised children into three stages of moral development i.e. pre-moral (0-5yrs)‚ Moral Realism (5-8/9yrs)‚ Moral Relativism (+9yrs). Concluding that
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properly prepared environment if they are to fully develop their unique human potentials. In addition to determining children’s eventual height‚ hair color‚ and other physical characteristics‚ there is another cognitive plan which determines the unique emotional and intellectual qualities of each child. These qualities develop through what Montessori referred to as "the sensitive periods."Each sensitive period is a specific kind of compulsion‚ motivating young children to seek objects and relationships
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Child Observation Report Christine N. Sprinkle Weatherford College Abstract I observed my niece while she played with her friends at daycare. I did this to observe how she acted. I talk about Erik Erikson’s third stage in psychosocial theory. The third stage is the initiative versus guilt‚ which is to develop the ability to try new things and to handle behavior. The age group of this theory focuses on three through six year olds. My niece is six‚ so she fits in this category. I explained her
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Media and Cognitive Development In Children Michelle Miner CCMH 504 August 31‚ 2014 Kristal James Media and Cognitive Development In Children In the Article entitled Media and Young Children ’s Learning‚ the authors conclude that exposure to media at a young age is shown to influence the cognitive development and academic achievement of a child (Heather L. Kirkorian‚ 2008; Princeton University). Research has shown both positive and negative connections between the exposure to electronic media
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Child and Adolescent Development The development of child and adolescents covers a large selection of human efforts that attempts to understand why a person acts the way he or she does‚ grows the way he‚ or she grows‚ and thinks the way he or she thinks. Human development has been studied since the beginning of psychology‚ in which the work of Sigmund Freud has been predominantly influential. Freud was the father of psychodynamics and the first to study human development and the inner workings
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SUMMARY Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ in the Francophone region of Switzerland. He was born on August 9‚ 1896 and he died on September 16‚ 1980 at the age of 84. He was also known as constructivism‚ theory of cognitive development‚ object permanence‚ egocentrism and also a genetic epistemology‚ which is the study of knowledge. Piaget was a precocious child who developed an interest in biology and the natural world. In the 1920s Piaget observed children reasoning and understanding differently‚ depending
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Physical Development. 0-3 years – This is a period of fast physical development. When they are first born‚ babies have very little control over their bodies. Their movements are dependant on a series of reflexes (for example – sucking‚ grasping) which they need in order to survive. In their first year they gradually learn to have more control over their bodies so that by 12 months‚ most babies will have developed a degree of mobility such as crawling or rolling. In their second year ‚ babies will
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