Discuss the Extent to Which Physical Development Is Given Emphasis in the Malaysian Classroom as Compared to Emotional Development. Your Arguments Should Be Linked to One or More Theories of Development.
Discuss the extent to which physical development is given emphasis in the Malaysian classroom as compared to emotional development. Your arguments should be linked to one or more theories of development.
1.0 Introduction As twentieth-century Welsh poet Dylan Thomas artfully observed, children ‘run all the sun long.’ As their physical development advances, their small worlds widen. According to T.Kimberly (2010), physical development is the process that starts in human infancy and continues into late adolescent concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty. Physical development involves developing control over the body, particularly muscles and physical coordination. The peak of physical development happens in childhood and is therefore a crucial time for neurological brain development and body coordination to encourage specific activities such as grasping, writing, crawling and walking. As a child learns what their body can do, they gain self confidence, thus promoting social and emotional development. On the other hand, Joseph Campos (2005) defines emotional development as a child’s increasing awareness and control of their feelings and how they react to these feelings in a given situation. Emotional development should be started at an early age as soon as children start nursery and pre-school so that their interactions with others will help develop them in both social and intellectual ways. In this essay, I agree to a certain extent that physical development is being given more emphasis in the Malaysian classroom compared to emotional development.
2.0 Physical education in classroom. For too long, exercise was relegated to a back seat in children’s education. However, now more attention is given to the quality of physical education classes, whether children are getting adequate exercise, and whether they eat properly. During their physical education classes, students are given their own choices to choose whichever games they want to
1.0 Introduction As twentieth-century Welsh poet Dylan Thomas artfully observed, children ‘run all the sun long.’ As their physical development advances, their small worlds widen. According to T.Kimberly (2010), physical development is the process that starts in human infancy and continues into late adolescent concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty. Physical development involves developing control over the body, particularly muscles and physical coordination. The peak of physical development happens in childhood and is therefore a crucial time for neurological brain development and body coordination to encourage specific activities such as grasping, writing, crawling and walking. As a child learns what their body can do, they gain self confidence, thus promoting social and emotional development. On the other hand, Joseph Campos (2005) defines emotional development as a child’s increasing awareness and control of their feelings and how they react to these feelings in a given situation. Emotional development should be started at an early age as soon as children start nursery and pre-school so that their interactions with others will help develop them in both social and intellectual ways. In this essay, I agree to a certain extent that physical development is being given more emphasis in the Malaysian classroom compared to emotional development.
2.0 Physical education in classroom. For too long, exercise was relegated to a back seat in children’s education. However, now more attention is given to the quality of physical education classes, whether children are getting adequate exercise, and whether they eat properly. During their physical education classes, students are given their own choices to choose whichever games they want to