AO1 – Patterns of Development This coursework will describe how children develop according to milestones from birth to eight years old. Activity 1 Emily is 17 years old and lives on the outskirts of Woking. She is currently living with her mum and attends St. John the Baptist Sixth Form College in Old Woking. Emily is a conscientious and hard working individual and her qualifications clearly support this. Having achieved excellent grades at GCSE and AS level‚ Emily is eager to continue with
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Theories of Development Lacey Thomas Arkansas Tech University Theories of development provide a framework for thinking about human growth‚ development‚ and learning. According to Santrock‚ theory means “an interrelated‚ coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions.” (Santrock‚ 2013‚ p.21) Having an understanding of child development is important for implementing developmentally appropriate practices. As educators‚ understanding
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(Cohen‚ 2005). The No Child Left Behind Act brought in in 2001 in the US‚ requires that all children attending state funded schools sit a standardised test to measure basic literacy‚ language and mathematical ability. Cognitive ability is an important aspect of a child’s development‚ but this essay puts forward that play‚ social-emotional understanding and theory of mind are more important aspects in a child’s development‚ each impacting on a child’s cognitive and social development in some way. Social-emotional
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Physical Development Physical development is the development of the body. It is usually the development within a few weeks either side of the average age of a child under 5 years old. As physical development proceeds‚ the child acquires various physical skills‚ such as motor skills; there are two types of this‚ gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are large movements‚ such as‚ hop scotch‚ skipping‚ kicking‚ throwing a ball and taking large steps. Fine motor skills are the
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multiple reason how different aspects of development affect one another and this is because the physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ intellectual all interlink with one another. If a child is less developed in reading‚ then when it comes to reading time as a group they may feel uncomfortable and not want to interact with anyone to form a friendship and this makes them feel slightly embarrassed and have low self-esteem. This them affects the child’s social and possibly language development. This then affects
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influences on the physical‚ socio-emotional and cognitive development of a child. Consider the following in your response: Heredity‚ Culture‚ Nutrition and Parental Affection “Children are resilient”‚ this is a term that we commonly hear in regards to the changes forced on children. But in reality how resilient are they? According to Darcia Narvaez‚ “not that much”‚ how often will a teacher see a child from a broken family‚ or a child who can’t concentrate in class‚ as they have not eaten breakfast
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CHAPTER 1: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS A. CHILDHOOD Refers to the time or state of being a child Early stage in the existence or development or something Connotes a time of innocence B. ADOLESCENCE Came from a Latin adolescentia‚ from adolescere‚ “to grow” Period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood A stage where a person experiences dramatic changes in the body along with developments in his psychology and career STAGES OF ADOLESCENCE PHYSICAL
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Introduction to Child development Holistic development definition In understading a childs development ‚one must take a holistic approach to their learning and development.There are different areas or aspect to a child development including physical‚Intellectual and communication development‚emotional development ‚social and behavioral development as well as spiritual and personal development. The various aspect do not exist separatley‚but rather they intermingle with each other in such a
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Unit 1 - Understanding and promoting children and young people’s development Learners Declaration: I certify that the work submitted in this assignment is my own. Student Number..eb1257620 Full Name …Mrs Debbie England Address…..1‚Woodlands Residential Park Quakers Yard‚ Treharris CF46 5AR  L/601/1693 Unit 1 NCFE LEVEL 3 EARLY LEARNING AND CHILDCARE Debbie
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field of child development is very broad and vast. The child development field pertains to how children grow and develop from conception to the end of adolescence. Some areas of child development focus on understanding principles of development in children. This includes concepts such as the rates of which children develop‚ physical skills learned by children‚ and any neurological developments. Other areas seem to focus more on how race‚ culture‚ and other ethnic factors can affect child development
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