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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← 2 - What is Child Development? 1. Read Chapters One and Two‚ Developmental Profiles Child Development is the area of study that focuses on how children learn‚ grow and mature. Some Early Childhood Educators believe children are more influenced by their environment and others believe in the biological basis for child development. Write a paragraph explaining why current Early Childhood Educators believe it is a combination of factors that influence the development of children.
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Unit 024 Promote Child and Young Person Development Outcome 1 Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1. Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development When assessing a child/young person we must be careful to take in to account confidentiality before carrying out any observations. Within my setting‚ we have an Welcome pack (aka Induction Pack) with lots of
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supporting child and young person development I need to learn how to meet each individual’s needs. By observing a child or young people in a structured way enables me to find out what their individual needs are and how best I can support them by reflecting their interest and views‚ providing play opportunities for young children and through providing challenges to children in a safe environment. Emotional transition | Example of transition | Support that can be given | Change In family circumstances
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Jean Piaget was a 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
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Abstract: 3 theoretical approaches to the origin and development of the infant-mother relationship are reviewed: psychoanalytic theories of object relations‚ social learning theories of dependency (and attachment)‚ and an ethologically oriented theory of attachment. "Object relations‚" "dependency‚" and "attachment‚" although overlapping‚ are seen to differ substantially. Among the concepts in regard to which there are significant intertheoretical differences‚ the following are discussed: genetic
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Child Development 0-3 Years Physical Development During the early stages of life‚ a child can progress from being physically dependent‚ to independent in the first three years. From birth‚ children are already developing physical skills‚ in the form of grasping‚ sucking and kicking. As babies grow older to the age of 1‚ they will tend to develop mobility skills such as crawling and rolling. Most children learn to walk at the age of 2‚ they are able to control their movements and becoming more
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Roman Empire experienced a number of political and cultural changes and continuities. While Rome experienced political change in terms of the impact of Christianity on the Roman government‚ patriarchy continued politically as the mainstay of the Roman governmental and law systems. China: From 100 to 600 CE‚ the Chinese empire experienced a number of political and cultural changes and continuities. While China experienced political changes in terms of the fall of the Han Empire‚ the centralized
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A Double-Edged Sword: How Does Technology Impact Development? Children live in a world that is abundant with television‚ video games‚ iPads‚ computers‚ and cell phones. “Nearly every working and living place has computers‚ and over two-thirds of children in industrialized countries have a computer at home” (Rauterberg‚ 2004). Almost all the three-year-old children I interviewed at Williamsburg Campus Child Care reported that they watch TV every day. Many children use their parents’ computers and
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. The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest issues in psychology. The debate centers on the relative contributions ofgenetic inheritance and environmental factors to human development. Some philosophers such as Plato and Descartes suggested that certain things are inborn‚ or that they simply occur naturally regardless of environmental influences. Other well-known thinkers such as John Locke believed in what is known as tabula rasa‚ which suggests that the mind begins as a blank slate
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