Constructivism and Inquiry: Theoretical background to the Learning Cycle The objective of science education or any type of education for that matter is meaningful learning. Several theories exist as to how meaningful learning can be achieved but the dominant prevailing theory in Western education is that of constructivism. The basic idea behind constructivism is that “humans construct knowledge as opposed to knowledge being transmitted into their minds” (Chiappetta‚ Koballa & Collette‚ 1998
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Unit 201 Child and young person development Outcome 1 Know the main stages of child and young person development 1.1 – See table. 1.2 – Throughout children’s development‚ activities and milestones can link into more than one learning area. To give an example of this‚ I draw on an activity I carried out and observed‚ involving a child who attended a nursery I was an employee at. It was a creative activity based around a book. First‚ we had to read the book‚ which encouraged the
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Essay #1: Celebrities have a tremendous influence on the young‚ and for that reason‚ they have a responsibility to act as role models. Miley Cyrus‚ Amanda Bynes‚ and Britney Spears what do all these celebrities have in common? They all rose to stardom as childhood stars and have become a tremendous part of children’s lives. They have transformed from talented singing to talented acting. As these stars tend to grow older they become exposed to an amount of certain things. These things include body
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days we rarely see joint family. But I believe that Joint family have more advantages than nuclear family.Basically we have to understand what a joint family means‚ our father says‚ his siblings and their families living together can be considered a joint family.In joint families all the family members sit together and discuss their own promblems with the family members. In nuclear families there are only the parents and the children.The advantage is that you can spends more time with your children
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I don’t think anyone has a better family friend than my “Grantie.”/Linda. My family came up the name Grantie because she was like a grandmother and aunt figure all in one and we thought it would be the perfect name. She is such a special person to me and my family. When my mom had me and she was going back to work she needed someone to watch me. My mom was talking about it when she was with some friends and almost immediately grantie said “I WILL” and that was it since I was 2 months old‚ she has
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CU1520 Kimberley Winter Promote child and young person development When assessing a child’s development many factors need to be taken into account. It is more important to assess if a child is following the expected pattern of development rather than where they should be at their age. Every child develops at a different rate. You should account for circumstantial factors such as if the young person is tired‚ ill and what young people in a similar age range are able to achieve. It is important
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Type of Influence | Give one example of the effect on children and young people’s development | Why recognising and responding to this is important | Background- Parents going through divorce proceedings or separation. | -A family brake up can be really stressful for the child and may even influence the development as the child could get very upset‚ could lash out at people‚ could go very quiet‚ could stop eating and could even stop talking as they may think that they had something
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Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19yrs Physical Development Communication & Intellectual development Social‚ Emotional & Behavioural development 0-3 New babies have little control over their bodies‚ their movement depends on a series of reflexes as they get older they start to develop more gross monitor skills such as crawling‚ sitting‚ running‚ rolling. In their second year‚ children should have a better ability to control their movement
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Child and Young Persons Development Main stages of a child or young persons development. Children and young people’s development from birth to 19 consist of three main aspects of development. • Physical development. • Communication and intellectual development. • Social‚ emotional and behavioural development. Physical Development Children need to master a lot of different types of movements as they grow and these can be broken down into three further categories which consist
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Policy: 13. Parents should have a license for having children. I think so. It’s pretty ridiculous that anyone can procreate and keep the kids‚ but you have go to through red tape‚ often for years!‚ to adopt. Everyone should be required to take parenting classes through an unbiased (aka non-religious) source‚ like a hospital. I say non-religious because the discussions will undoubtedly change to moral rearing‚ when the biggest problems are with physical and logical raising. I have no problem
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