The role of the environment including significant adults can have a profound effect on child’s holistic development. Discuss how the environment can impact on child development.
The role of the environment including significant adults can have a profound effect on child’s holistic development. Discuss how the environment can impact on child development. In your response consider theoretical perspectives of child development and their influence on current practice within the Early Years Sector
The role of the adult is a key factor in the developmental process of the child, whilst we understand the importance of the adult we have to consider the creation of a positive environment which in doing so provides vital opportunities in enhancing children’s development. Also effective support and encouragement is crucial to children’s learning and growth. In relation to current practice, we need to evaluate the ideas of theorists surrounding the suggestion that holistic development and the environment impact on factors affecting the growth of a child. Holistic development means the development of a child as a whole; every child develops at different rates and there are many factors which can affect development. Development can be divided into different areas, social, language, physical, and cognitive development. Each area of development needs to be connected and working in order for development to be successful and balanced. One of the most important theorists that influenced our current practice today is Piaget, who whilst being a protagonist of child learning is also the most famous for his four stages of cognitive development. Cognitive development is the development of the mind, how it works and the use of mental processes such as reasoning. Piaget suggested that children learn in stages in relation to their senses and their age, and they need to acquire mastery of each stage before they can progress to the next. These four stages of cognitive development assess in what stages a child learns, and most of all is a guideline for practitioners today. Piaget’s first stage of development was Sensori-motor development 0-2 years which focused on
The role of the adult is a key factor in the developmental process of the child, whilst we understand the importance of the adult we have to consider the creation of a positive environment which in doing so provides vital opportunities in enhancing children’s development. Also effective support and encouragement is crucial to children’s learning and growth. In relation to current practice, we need to evaluate the ideas of theorists surrounding the suggestion that holistic development and the environment impact on factors affecting the growth of a child. Holistic development means the development of a child as a whole; every child develops at different rates and there are many factors which can affect development. Development can be divided into different areas, social, language, physical, and cognitive development. Each area of development needs to be connected and working in order for development to be successful and balanced. One of the most important theorists that influenced our current practice today is Piaget, who whilst being a protagonist of child learning is also the most famous for his four stages of cognitive development. Cognitive development is the development of the mind, how it works and the use of mental processes such as reasoning. Piaget suggested that children learn in stages in relation to their senses and their age, and they need to acquire mastery of each stage before they can progress to the next. These four stages of cognitive development assess in what stages a child learns, and most of all is a guideline for practitioners today. Piaget’s first stage of development was Sensori-motor development 0-2 years which focused on