The cognitive process of child development and learning has influenced theorists such as Piaget‚ Vygtosky‚ Montessori‚ Bruner and Dewey to develop learning theories which highlight how the cognitive operation of learning occurs and how it is best achieved. The work of these theorists has become the foundation for much research and insight into how children develop on their journey towards learning. To understand how and when children begin to learn‚ it is important to look at why we value the
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pap1639x_ch01.qxd 5/22/02 8:25 PART ONE Page 2 About Child Development As you reenter the realm of childhood‚ this time with an adult’s eyes‚ Part I of this book can serve as a map or guide. It traces routes that investigators have followed in the quest for information about what makes children grow up the way they do‚ presents routes for studying child development‚ points out the main directions students of development follow today‚ and poses questions about the best way to reach
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Age groups Physical development (Gross and fine) Communication and intellectual development Social‚ emotional and behavioural development 0-3 months From birth babies have reflexes which allow them to turn their head to suckle when their cheeks are being touched. They can flex and extend their fingers‚ arms and legs. By 1 month their eyes are following moving light this may only be for a few seconds. When you put the baby on their tummy they will lift their head. When they are two
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intellectual qualities of each child. These qualities develop through what Montessori referred to as "the sensitive periods."Each sensitive period is a specific kind of compulsion‚ motivating young children to seek objects and relationships in their environment with which to fulfill their special and unique inner potentials..Montessori believed that children will develop to their full human potential when everything in the environment is "just right." Everything Food‚ furniture‚ learning activities‚ social relations
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Social and Moral Development As children grow and develop‚ they go through a variety of stages responsible for their social and moral development. The stages that Kohlberg has presented provide a framework of information that we are able to gather data from and identify behaviors as the child progresses through normal human development. Just like most things‚ social and moral development is molded by the surrounding environment and individual interactions. Just like the many other factors that
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We spend our whole life exploring. At every stage in our development‚ even as adults‚ we seek different experiences that help us understand who we really are. As infants‚ we are stimulated by the touch and feel of objects‚ textures‚ shapes‚ colors‚ and movement. At preschool age‚ we let our curiosity to drive us and our imagination to stimulate us. Our mind is eager‚ free and moved by practically everything and anything. Playing hide and seek in a card-board box‚ building our very own castle with
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environment accordance with his/her experience of the world‚ and through learning. He brings forth the concept of tabula rasa‚ or blank slate; this blank slate is a child’s mind that eventually fills up with learning and experience. According to Locke‚ there are four things of environment that mold a child’s mind. The first is associations. This is where one thought is usually associated with another for example‚ when a child is placed in a crib he may start crying‚ because being in the crib would
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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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ONE COURSE / MANY Continuous Gradually develops by adding new skills & knowledge onto old ones Discontinuous Child goes through distinct stages (each unique until reaching highest level of functioning) Each child goes through discontinuous processes‚ but within some stages‚ there is continuous development. Stage Theorists: Assume people follow same development sequences EG: Childhood - common influences that lead people to represent world through language & make believe play
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Mrs. Cave-Mattie Senior Project Paper 18 November 2013 Ages and Stages of Child Development Society tends to believe that children ages one to three‚ it’s all about fun and games. Little do they know‚ a lot is going on throughout all those years. During the ages of one to three great changes are taking place. A child begins to transition from a dependent child to an independent child. Between those years‚ the child begins to move around. No other achievement has quite the same impact on the
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