What I Learned During The Course?

Child development is the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in individuals between birth and the end of adolescence. (Wiki) Child development is inevitably altered when obstacles such as mental instability and abandonment arise, ultimately affecting children going into adulthood.

In this writing it will be discussing childhood development, as well as some vital issues that might come along during those stages of development. Child development consist of the stage where the child is developing physically, cognitively, socially and spiritually. During these stages of development a child is maturing from infancy to becoming a young adult. For many years theorist such as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lev Vygotsky’s have researched how children mature from infants to adulthood. Each of the theorist have profound facts to how children develop, but which of the three men are correct on their findings?

All children and young people develop at different rates, but the order which they advance in differs very little. Children’s development tends to progress from head to toe, inner to outer, from simple to complex and from general to specific.

The word development refers not to the physical growth of children and young people, but to the skills and knowledge that they are developing. When looking at child development it is divided into the following areas –

Development can be defined as systematic changes that occur in the individual between conception and death, or from womb to tomb. These depend on multiple factors. Life has been divided into number of stages. Prenatal period: conception to birth: This stage included the time from conception to birth. Though the child has not come to the outside world, but a life is there, the heart is beating, and this is termed as prenatal period. Infancy: First two years of life: This is the stage when the child learns the most. He or she is not going to the school but learns a lot from the family and other people around them. If this stage is enjoyable, the child will have a good chance to have

This assignment will discuss the main theories of child development and discuss the main principles across all area of development. The assignment will also evaluate an observation conducted on a child and link their behaviour to relevant child development theories. The assignment will firstly highlight some child development theories from behaviourists such as Bandura, humanists such as Maslow and constructivists such as Piaget. Secondly the child’s observation will be discussed and evaluated here relevant link to development theories will be made. Lastly the assignment will finish off with a reflection. Jennie Lindon defines development as” the sequence of physical and psychological changes experienced by human beings, which start with conception and continue throughout life.”(Jennie Lindon 2012:5) the early year’s foundation stage (EYTS) framework states that there are seven areas of learning and development however they view some are more important these are called the prime areas of development. There are three prime areas of development these are: communication and language, physical development, personal social and emotional development. The EYFS also states that “children develop in different ways at different times” (Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage 2014) which is why the development matters promote the message that every child is unique and has their own way of learning. (Development matters in the Early years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2012)

Research can be a very scary topic when it is first introduced to a class, and I was that scary student. Research to me was like learning how to swim for the first time with a life vest on, and my heart beating 100 miles per hour because I’m so afraid. Taking off my life vest and diving into this research course has been very rewarding for me. I have learned so much in such a short amount of time. It has open my eyes up to a variety of ways I can start and conduct my research. Research is not so scary anymore. In this paper, I’m going to tell you about the things that I have learned and perfected while taking this course.

Understanding the stages in which a child develop is important, especially to parents. An educator or parent can detect when a child development is delayed, when compared to their peers. By understanding the stages of development, parents will know what is normal and appropriate among different age groups. After reviewing Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud stages of development, I completed an observation on a child age four at an early start learning center.

It has truly been a pleasure being apart of this class and a blessing. I’ve strengthen my written and learned more about life by being in this class and having you as a teacher. Professor Lyn you have made me push myself more than any of my other college professors this school year. Hearing and knowing about how precise and hard you are when you grade your student’s work had me coming into this class with the mindset of knowing that I have to work my hardest to achieve an high grade in this class. My weaknesses in my writings before this class were my punctuations and grammar choice at times. My strengths that I’ve always had when writing was being able analyze my readings extremely well and always being able brainstorm great ideas to put down

development. The quality of early education is the most crucial factor in determining a child’s

I would like to begin my Essay explaining all that I learned from this course. The first thing I learned was my Learning Patterns and how to use them not only in my course through school but my everyday life. Learning how my brain-mind connection work’s best for me. In this course, I was able to learn how I was already using my Learning Patterns before I even knew what they were and how valuable they are to myself and my future goals. I learned where I may use one pattern more than the other, or where and when to use patterns I wasn’t aware of.

The following paper will demonstrate the skills and knowledge I learned through the course. This course had taught me many things in leadership such as management vs leadership, emotional intelligence, team stages of development, situational leadership, servant leadership, and Myers-Brigs Personality assessment tool. Also, while taking this course, I also identified my dependable strengths as well as my areas of weakness.

Babies fall under the sensorimotor stage which is 0 -2 years of age, according to Piaget. This is the first set of years of life where everything begins; their cognitive, physical, and emotional development. Taking the child psychology class was a great idea because the things that I have learned about children it’s amazing. It will change the way you view things about infants, early childhood, and adolescents. I will only be telling you about infants which is the very most important stage of life because this is where the brain can take in everything and later in life decides what it’s going to keep. Let’s start talking about the how our babies are been develop.

This is the stages of children growth and develop their cognitive, physical and emotional development. In addition, how the child grow stages by stages is learners to know the help of studying stages of child development and also to identify the characteristics of each stages as well. The children will grow their cognitive, physical and emotional development. There are the some benefits of studying the stages of child development for teachers and learners. If the teacher study stages of child development, then teacher is understanding of basic child developmental stages can be used to teaching kit in the teachers lesson plan. On the other hand, learners improve social and emotional behavior and

'A child's mind is a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly.‘