CYP 3.1 Understand Children and Young Person development There are many factors that influence child development‚ and for most of them‚ we do have some control. When working with children and young people it is important to have a good understanding of what children need to grow‚ so as professionals we are better able to address the needs. A child’s environment‚ for example‚ their family or school play a huge part in their development. Some of the main factors that influence a child’s
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The observation of children is performed by teachers and educators‚ to help understand each child‚ and their characteristics. Along with assessment and evaluation‚ educators are able to understand each child’s development‚ and make decisions about appropriate activities and experience to offer each child‚ to help foster their individual development. (Veale‚ A. and Piscitelli‚ B. 1988) This essay will discuss the Value of the Observation Process in Planning for early childhood settings‚ and the role
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DIFFERENT BETWEEN LITERACY PRACTICE AND EVENT Barton and Hamilton (2000) contend that literacy practices are not always directly observable because they involve values‚ attitudes‚ feelings‚ and social relationships. Literacy practices also comprise people’s awareness‚ construction‚ and discourse of literacy as well as how people make sense of literacy. Although Barton and Hamilton recognize that literacy practices are internal to the individual. Practices are also the social processes that connect
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skills. In this essay‚ I will examine the value of play in strengthening children’s learning development considering their physical‚ socio-emotional‚ spiritual and cognitive development. I will also discuss the value of play that is acknowledged by Vygotsky and Piaget considering play as part of learning. Moreover I will examine the teachers’’ role and teaching strategies in relation to theoretical perspectives of play. Play provides open paths to literacy and numeracy. Researches highlighted that
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unlike piaget he claimed that timely and sensitive invention by adults when children are learning a new task (zone of proximal development) could help children to learn new tasks. Vygotsky also stressed the importance of social interaction he felt other children can guide each other’s development as well as adults. Vygotsky also thought that children needed to be active in their own learning and that play is important for holistic learning. Psychoanalytical Freud Freud’s work may not be proven
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EFFECTS OF ATTACHMENT ON EARLY AND LATER DEVELOPMENT There is no doubt that early experience influences later development. This influence could account for individual differences in many aspects such as cognition‚ behaviour‚ social skills‚ emotional responses and personality. Some developmentalists assert that early experience guarantees long-term developmental outcomes or protects against subsequent trauma (Sroufe and Jacobvitz‚ 1989). Early experiences‚ especially emotionally or affectively charged
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attainment in aggressive children and their relationship to behavior in middle childhood Chen‚ Z.‚ & Siegler‚ R. S. (2000). Across the great divide: Bridging the gap between understanding of toddlers’ and older children’s thinking DeVries‚ R. (2000). Vygotsky‚ Piaget‚ and education: A reciprocal assimilation of theories and educational practices DeVries‚ R.‚ Edmiaston‚ R.‚ Zan‚ B.‚ & Hildebrandt‚ C. (2002). What is constructivist education? Definition and principles of teaching Dilg‚ M. (1999). Why I
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Emergent literacy support in early childhood education in selected preschools of Kasempa and Solwezi Districts of Northwestern Province‚ Zambia Thomas M. Zimba M.Ed. in Literacy & Learning‚ Department of Language and Social Science Education‚ School of Education‚ University of Zambia‚ 2011 muwemenadi@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study examined emergent literacy support in early childhood education. The study focused on preschool classroom practices‚ which operationally defined included the classroom
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to develop a biologically rooted theory named the “Theory of Cognitive Development‚” describing the advancements in this form of development from birth to adolescence in four universal stages (Central Michigan University‚ Piaget and Beyond). Lev Vygotsky was born in Western
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other tools to teach basic skills. Kindergarten teachers use play and hands-on teaching‚ but academics begin to take priority in kindergarten classrooms. Letter recognition‚ phonics‚ numbers‚ and awareness of nature and science‚ introduced at the preschool level‚ are taught primarily in kindergarten. Teachers often work with students from varied ethnic‚ racial‚ and religious backgrounds. With
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