Ethical Statement In accordance with the ethical guidance (The Open University 2013) I have followed the BERA guidelines including changing any names. My Role I am a parent volunteer in a Church of England primary and nursery school. I am currently supporting the mixed year 1 and 2 classes. I work on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8.45 -12 pm. I have a variety of different supporting roles within the classroom not just with the helping the teachers but also the pupils‚ school and curriculum
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Photographic Essay Child Development and Theories Introduction For this activity‚ I chose Jesus Lares from Tacoma‚ Washington. Jesus is 8 years old‚ in the 3rd grade‚ of Hispanic decent‚ and is an only child. Jesus enjoys a variety of afterschool activities such as baseball and karate and he also enjoys spending time with his friends. In home play consists of playing with toy guns and building space ships with Lego’s. The primary language at home is English
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ven though Bronfenbrenner’s theory shows the different things that underwrite the child or young person’s development there are some theorists that don’t agree with it for instance Piaget’s Stage Theory he saw development as something that occurs in stages. Hypothesising that the child or young person reach certain intellectual milestones in grouping with physiological ones. Piaget hypothesised four-stage model of development this involved of Sensorimotor is involving two functions together these
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Infancy Development Siovhan M. Lawrence Kaplan University PS220 An anxious woman wakes frantic‚ queasy‚ unsettled and nauseous. Her stomach rumbles and tightens as she ponders the inevitable. The first signs of pregnancy have begun as a tiny iota of a being has already begun developing in ways she cannot comprehend. What was once known as her ’belly’ has now become a womb‚ a house per se‚ to allow the proper course science has intended to soon deliver a baby into the world. Fast
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their own theories about how play affected different aspects of children. Piaget defined play as assimilation or the child’s efforts to make environmental stimuli match his or her own concepts (Englebright Fox). On the opposite side of the argument‚ Vygotsky theories state that play helps children advance their cognitive development that children practice what they already know‚ along with them also learning new things (Englebright Fox). Both of these theories have been supported by numerous observations
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environment. This will help to develop their competence and confidence to learn and do more on their own. Play is a child’s work (Paley‚ 2004). Play is the children’s most useful tool in which they learn. It is important that learning is fun at this age. Vygotsky indicated that play is a leading activity that determines a child’s development and creates the zone of proximal development (cited
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“focuses on broad‚ interconnected influences on human development. It proposes that we can best explain development in terms of the interactions between individuals and the environments in which they live (Mossler‚ 2013‚ Chapter 2‚ Section 2.6‚ Urie Bronfenbrenner and the Ecological Systems Theory‚” para 1). While reviewing the Looking into the Past assignment I decided on the two events listed in the following pages to explain how these events and the Brofenbrenner theory affected me. In last week’s
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Twenty-First Century Kindergarten Gina R. McCarthy ECE 311 Dr. Moore July 12‚ 2011 In the seventies‚ kindergarten consisted of song singing‚ snack time‚ little instruction and nap time in a half day setting. Now‚ in the twenty-first century‚ it consists of; math‚ reading‚ science and the fine arts in a seven hour day five days a week. The competitiveness of kindergarten in the twenty-first century includes academic standards traditionally reserved for upper elementary students. The
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the continuing educational development that is taking place in the Reggio model‚ and there is much about the approach that is of interest to educators in Scotland. It is a socio-constructivist model. That is‚ it is influenced by the theory of Lev Vygotsky‚ which states that children (and adults) co-construct their theories and knowledge through the... Some implementations of the Reggio Emilia approach self-consciously juxtapose their conception of the teacher as autonomous co learner with other
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my opinion the most fundamental parts of learning I have gained much interest in Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. ‘The true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social but from the social to the individual’‚ (Vygotsky‚ 1986‚ p.36). This idea argues that the social relationship between the teacher and learner is crucial in their cognitive development and that the information learned by the student is not simply passed down from the teacher but it is constructed
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