Developmental Theory

2. saw that as a child develops they use different ways of representing the things around them.

Cognitive theories is when children make relations between different things, this theory look at how the brain puts things together, lots of opportunities need to be provided for the child to develop knowledge in lots of different areas.

Child B might not want to lose his turn in line, that’s why he is not going to use the bathroom, and is rushing the adult to set up the game

Theories of development are very important as these theories and frameworks can heavily influence current practice and help us to understand the complexities of children’s behaviours their reactions and can also help us figure out different and new ways of learning. Starting with the constructivist approach (piaget). Piaget worked

Theories of development are important as they can influence practice and help us understand a Childs way of learning, behaviour and reactions

A child figure is four time as small as the male figure on the right-hand side is sitting on his lap. This child is pointing at the opposite direction, with his head turn backwards and looking at the male figure.

This activity would need to be holistically tailored to the developmental and cognitive needs of Child A to ensure he feels supported and does become overwhelmed. Again, scaffolding (REF) would be implemented, but the aspirations include this to be activity Child A would use as a social platform in order to gain confidence to go on and explore other activities or get to an emotional point where he feels able to do the activity independently.

After reading, chapter 3 the theories that have informed my beliefs about young children are the social interaction theory, the attachment theory and the constructivist theory. I really enjoyed reading about these theories and I believe in all theses theories. I agree with what the theorists say about these theories. The social interaction theory has informed me that learning happens through social events and children interact with people. This theory also has informed me about my beliefs about young children, because I believe like the theory says, that infants are active learners who co-construct language with adults and I do believe that infants are active learners. I believe that if children are social and interacting with other children

His mind wasn't understanding that a simple math problem. He isn't grasping simple logic because he wont be learning it for another year or two. He didn't show any other noticeable signs of any Piaget’s theories. The next kid on the other hand showed a few different signs of his

Focused observation, reflection: The child arrives in the morning to his classroom, he does not acknowledge his mom saying goodbye to him. The teacher says good morning to the child and he does not acknowledge his teacher. He goes directly to the puzzles and takes out the puzzles and places them on the table, he completes the puzzles without any difficulty and quickly. While he is completing the animal puzzle he is making the sound that the animal make, afterwards when he is done with puzzles he puts them away. He goes to the train toys and he takes out the train and plays with it on the floor, some other boys have trains as well they try to play with him but he takes, his train and makes a humming noise and leaves the area to take the train

We see a variety of reactions common in children at various points along the way. Children nowadays are wiser. They are good in putting

Children are continuously developing in multiples domains. One way children grow in these areas is by learning directly from

There are those with divergent understandings of the development based on external elucidations. Piaget’s theory was that all pass through a defined sequence of universal changes. "(Piaget) insisted that cognitive development always follows this sequence, that stages cannot be skipped, and that each stage is marked by new intellectual abilities and a more complex understanding of the world" (WebMD, 2014). In Bronfenbrenner approach to the development, he considered the immediate environment, the connection between the various aspects of the immediate environment such as: parents to child, students to teachers, employees to bosses and friends to friends. Those interconnections play a part in the development of an individual (Feldman, 2014, pp. 22 - 23). Another developmentalist, Lev Vygotsky believed complete understanding of child development could not be understood without accounting for the culture in which people develop. “The socialcultural theory emphasizes how cognitive development proceeds as a result of social interactions between members of a culture (Feldman, 2014, p. 25). Vygotsky placed

This demonstrates the child has egocentric thinking as well as how this type of thinking works by showing how these children believe that the other person sees exactly what they see.

Little kids love exploring the world they live in and just by doing this; they learn a lot in the process. These “little tikes” are like sponges. They engross understanding by seeing their parents or elders, frolicking and by putting their five senses to use.