However it is clear that this can happen continually or discontinually. Theories of development can influence current practice into childcare as they show us how to understand a child’s developmental processes. It can help us to identify any problems that might arise‚ whether it is in physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ language or intellectual development. It also displays a reason into the way that children behave‚ and how not only internal‚ but external factors can effect development. Knowing that
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2.3 – Explain how theories of development and frameworks to support development influence current practice. Cognitive Jean Piaget (1896-1980) A Swish developmental psychologist Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development focusses on how children acquire knowledge and learn. He believed that when a child and an adult are given the same logical question children gave less sophisticated answers‚ not because they were less competent than the adults but because children are born with an extremely
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receive power‚ resources‚ and help. Responsibility - In a Group Practice considers the members themselves and their process together as major agents of help. “I - WE - IT” Triangle in an Ecosystem Globe I - Members We - Group It - Goal - process The model emphasizes two fundamental possibilities of practice
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There are many different theories of development that help us to understand children’s behaviour‚ reactions and ways of learning. All equally important as they influence practice. To begin with there is Piaget’s constructivist theories which look at the way in which children seem to be able to make sense of their world as a result of their experiences and how they are active learners. He also suggested that as children develop so does their thinking. Piaget’s work has influenced early years settings
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Jean Piaget: The second theory I am going to investigate is Jean Piaget’s cognitive theory. Jean Piaget (1896 -1980) was the first psychologist to make a systematic of cognitive development‚ his theory of cognitive child development assistance “us” in understanding children of cognitive development. Piaget believed that babies are born with reflexes (innate schemas). For example‚ when the babies are born‚ they have a sucking reflex‚ they will suck a nipple‚ dummy or a finger. Similarly the grasping
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Piaget’s Theory of cognitive development in early childhood is defined as the way a child’s mental activities and capabilities evolve through childhood to adolescents. They gain a sense of mental activities when they begin to think logically about the experiments they conduct to adapt to their environment. This theory has four stages‚ and they are; sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operational‚ and formal operational. The sensorimotor stage(birth- 2) is defined at the time when a child is not
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Over time‚ early years policies and frameworks emerge and change in response to current influences. There has been much more political focus on childcare and education in the last 15 years‚ resulting in a rapid expansion of early years provisions. Influences over the last 15 years have included two key factors: * A huge increase in the demand for childcare while parents work – This is mostly due to the fact that around 60 per cent of mothers now return to work outside of the home while their
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K3D210- How current theories of play can inform practice There are many theories into how children develop and how they learn. These are extremely important as they can be applied to modern strategies used for child behaviours. Presently‚ learning theories are placed into 3 categories: Behaviourist approaches – children learn as a result of what they see and what happens to them. Constructivist approaches – children learn actively rather than passively. Information processing- children learn
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Research and explain how current practice is influenced by Theories of development include; Piaget – Intellectual‚ Freud – psychoanalytic‚ Maslow – Humanist‚ Bandura – Social Learning‚ Skinner – Operant Conditioning‚ Watson – Behaviourist. Also explain how you holistically use these theories to work together e.g. EYFS – Holistic approach to learning is known as social pedagogy The theorist whose theory is physical development is Arnold Gesell. His theory is that most physical skills
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that of Jean Piaget and his theories on the cognitive development stages. Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland‚ where he studied at the university and received a doctorate in biology at the age of 22. Following college he became very interested in psychology and began to research and studies of the subject. With his research Piaget created a broad theoretical system for the development of cognitive abilities. His work‚ in this way‚ was much like that of Sigmund Freud‚ but Piaget emphasized
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