Factors influencing child development
1.0 introduction
In the study of development, nurture is defined as the environmental conditions that influence a child’s development (T. M McDevitt and J. E. Ormrod , 2010). A child 's home environment, friends with whom he spends time with, the food that he eats and the types of movies he watches -- not to mention the content and or education background – are all the factors that influence his physical, social and cognitive development in both positive and negative perspective.
In this paper, I will be focusing on nurture factors and how do these factors have influenced the development of the prominent figures that I have chosen which are Tun Dr. Mahathir, our very own 4th Prime Minister from Malaysia and Bill Gates, the billionaire, from United States of America. The development that I will be touching on is regarding the physical development, cognitive development as well as the language development.
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2.0 Tun Dr. Mahathir
Tun Dr. Mahathir was the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He is fondly known as the “Father of Modern Malaysia”. He was born on the 10th July 1925 in Seberang Perak, Alor Setar, Malaysia, but his father, Mr Mohamed B. Iskandar, only registered his date of birth on 20th December 1925. His mother’s name is Wan Mas Tempawan Bt Wan Hanafi. He is the youngest in the family and is very close to his five brothers and sisters. He got married with Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Bt Haji Mohamed Ali on 5th August 1956 and were given seven children.
After I went through Tun’s background, there are two nurture factors that contributed to his development. The nurture factors are as follow:
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2.1 Nurture factors
2.1.1 Family
Family has always become the priority in an individual’s life. In my humble opinion, every success of a man lies on their family supports and values. This statement is agreed by Tun Dr. Mahathir himself whereby he believes in family values and close family relationship (Fam, Lee,
In the study of development, nurture is defined as the environmental conditions that influence a child’s development (T. M McDevitt and J. E. Ormrod , 2010). A child 's home environment, friends with whom he spends time with, the food that he eats and the types of movies he watches -- not to mention the content and or education background – are all the factors that influence his physical, social and cognitive development in both positive and negative perspective.
In this paper, I will be focusing on nurture factors and how do these factors have influenced the development of the prominent figures that I have chosen which are Tun Dr. Mahathir, our very own 4th Prime Minister from Malaysia and Bill Gates, the billionaire, from United States of America. The development that I will be touching on is regarding the physical development, cognitive development as well as the language development.
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2.0 Tun Dr. Mahathir
Tun Dr. Mahathir was the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He is fondly known as the “Father of Modern Malaysia”. He was born on the 10th July 1925 in Seberang Perak, Alor Setar, Malaysia, but his father, Mr Mohamed B. Iskandar, only registered his date of birth on 20th December 1925. His mother’s name is Wan Mas Tempawan Bt Wan Hanafi. He is the youngest in the family and is very close to his five brothers and sisters. He got married with Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Bt Haji Mohamed Ali on 5th August 1956 and were given seven children.
After I went through Tun’s background, there are two nurture factors that contributed to his development. The nurture factors are as follow:
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2.1 Nurture factors
2.1.1 Family
Family has always become the priority in an individual’s life. In my humble opinion, every success of a man lies on their family supports and values. This statement is agreed by Tun Dr. Mahathir himself whereby he believes in family values and close family relationship (Fam, Lee,
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