Introduction Early childhood play is integral to the development of children’s cognitive, emotional and social skills. It is so important to optimal child development that it has been ‘recognized by the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights as a right of every child.’ (Ginsburg, 2007, p. 182) . From a constructivist perspective, play is an important part of the process of constructing knowledge, as Glover (1999, p. 7) states, ‘play provides a mechanism allowing children to move from what they already know and can master to more advanced knowledge.’ In recent years, the push for a more academic focus in early childhood settings has undermined the emotional and social development value of play in promoting the educational development of children (Ashiabi, 2007, p. 199). Furthermore, there is an extensive amount of literature and studies on child behaviour during play, with many different types of play discussed. This essay will discuss the main types of play and the theories behind them, differentiate between cognitive and imaginary play, and discuss issues that teachers need to be aware of that relate to excessive forms of non-social play in students.
One type of power Marjane Satrapi presents in Persepolis is the power parents have the right to raising and educate their child. We can see the importance of parent control and influence over their children. One example of that how parent can control child education is when Marjane wasn’t agreed with what teacher teaches at school. She had different opinion that their parent have shown her. That one way that we see how parent can really take control about their own children education.
Jordan Jarvis June 22, 2011 Dr. Robert Cohen Psychology 3103 The Cultural Nature of Human Development Barbara Rogoff attempts to create an understanding of how culture plays a significant role in human development. To grow and develop in any nation in the world, children are taught about the immediate world around them, such as language, heritage, traditional customs, and proper ways to behave and react to adults and situations according to their family structures. One cannot grow up without being a part of a certain culture. To fully understand the role of culture in human development, the definition of culture and its importance to a nation are vital. Rogoff’s definition of culture is not a simple one.
Since children begin to notice differences and construct classificatory and evaluative categories very early, early childhood educators need to affirm and foster children’s knowledge and pride in their cultural identities. Being in America has allowed us to view other cultures and religions we would not have known about if there was no immigration. I feel that is essential to be able to live in America no matter your background. This is one that recognizes that people with different backgrounds, skills, attitudes and experiences bring fresh ideas and perceptions. Diverse organizations encourage
How does society currently view children? Society believes that every child has a right to have a childhood, children currently have right not to work, they also don’t have to be in contact with any adult criminal justice system, all these examples of rights are designed to give a child happy environment as it is believed that a happy child will learn to be a better person in the future. How were adult and children’s worlds different in the earlier 20th century? Adults had to provide for their children, children are completely dependent on their parents and protected. While parents worked children were in school their lives were quite separate from adult life by getting children to interact with their age groups, and places like pub were forbidden for children to be in.
This was my critical incident that I related to teaching on diversity. In my concluding paragraph I wrote, “As a future teacher, I want the children I teach to know that difference is not a bad thing. I want to teach them to form their own opinions about people by getting to know them, not by listening to what society thinks. Children need to know that difference is what keeps us from being the same and that we should embrace it, not turn it away, or ignore it, or even worse, walk right by it.” Looking back on this essay, I found that the theme of exclusion/inclusion applies. Gretchen was excluded from our youth group because she was different.
Chris Parks, a member of the Neosho R-5 Board of Education said, “From a developmental standpoint, self expression is an integral part of our journey to adulthood. As long as a students dress is not disruptive, students should be given the responsibility of following school policy until they demonstrate a lack of willingness to follow it”. (Neosho Daily News). School uniforms being mandated does not prepare a child for the real world. They will still be judged by first impressions which usually stems from their appearances.
However, there were a few children whom were dissatisfied with telling the time, this is also knows as cognitive conflict, as stated in Piaget’s theory. Piaget believed that children should not be hurried through learning as this would have a negative effect. So I made sure that I didn’t rush any of the kids. “Piaget referred to children at play as ‘active participants’ in their own learning’ he believed that children use their first-hand and previous experiences to learn” (Marian Beaver et el, Child Care and Education, 2008, page 54) Piaget thought that children made assumptions based on experiences – he called these schemas. This influenced my planning of theoretical perspectives on aspects of practice.
The list of reasonable questions could go on and on but clearly there should be a guideline set in place for entering parenthood, maybe it would stop uneducated, underage, and unwilling mothers from reproducing. For this ethical issue, I have chosen utilitarianism as my classical theory that could resolve this problem. This theory states that given choices, we chose the act that produces the best result for the most affected people. I feel that utilitarianism could help to resolve the problem because by setting in place a guideline by the state or government, it would ensure that children brought into the world could be cared for properly, before they are created. We would ensure this by passing laws and requiring teen’s to receive birth control.
Delfinio I. Velasquez Professor: Tami Comstock Eng- 80-32544 3/26/2013 How Autonomy should be used with Parenting Parents want what is best for their kids, but what they think is best for their kids depends on what parents think an ideal adult looks like as a whole. Daniel H. Pink in Drive analyzes how authentic motivation and autonomy are required for children potential to be preserved. Parents should use more autonomy as much as they can to let their children feel that they are controlling their own life. This will increase their motivation in many areas and gain more confidence to achieve better grades in school. Allowing children to be able to think independently and create their own behavior can be an effective way to allow for more autonomy, improving their motivation in many areas and get the confidence to achieve better grades in school.