REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ECE 205 Introduction to Child Development a. What has impacted your learning the most throughout this course? This course has impacted my knowledge of how important changes are that occur when a child grows and develops. This includes being physically healthy, mentally alert, emotionally sound, socially competent and ready to learn. As per research the first three years are critical in the shaping of a child’s brain construction and early experiences is the base of the brain’s organizational development leading throughout life.
To do this I can ask for feedback from advisers or assessors. I also need to find ways of evaluating myself. Responding to feedback one of the ways in which I can evaluate my current state of knowledge and performance is by asking others for feedback. This is important because it can be hard to be objective about your own performance. Also I may lack skills or knowledge to be aware of what else you should be doing or other ways in which I might work.
Culture and Development Melodie Adams EDU/305 August 19, 2013 There are many memories from growing up of how to be raised and what my background was and still is. There are negative and positive influences on the environment that are part of the development and cultures. Toddlers and infants will have these aspects be a part of their life every day. Many factors play a part on the life of toddlers and infants and can have a lifelong effect on their development. Culture is that which is made up of non-traditional and traditional social behaviors, practices, and customs.
His ‘cognitive developmental theory’ suggests 4 major areas of development (sensorimeter, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational). Piaget’s theories allow us to take the ideas of ‘schema’ into practice and use it to effectively plan for the development of a child. using these schemas we can assess where and how a child is currently learning and plan activities and observations to help them develop to the next stage. Piaget was the most influential theorist of the 70s and 80s; he dominated the study of child development. • Albert Bandura (social learning): - Claimed that humans are cognitive beings (concerned with acquiring knowledge).
This includes family, childcare, neighbourhood and school life. People within an individual’s micro system have direct contact and shape that individual’s development. It would include things that a child may encounter on a daily basis in an immediate surrounding. However, this system becomes complex as the child grows because, peers, school, and other people outside of the immediate family come into the picture as he/she grows. Moreover, a child’s biological and socially influenced characteristics like habits, temperaments, physical characteristics and capabilities influence the child’s behavior as well as those people who are around the child.
Firstly, the ideas of being isolated from a friendship group is a daunting vision for many youngsters, and are thus willing to adopt the groups norms and values if it means they will acquire popularity or just to be part of a group. The peer group is a secondary agent of socialisation which means they develop and further reinforce the learning one was once subjected to in early childhood. A peer group that holds good values, like hard work may encourage its members into positive things, yet one that has detrimental values may lead to deviant behaviour. In spite of this influence, some may argue that the media in today’s media saturated world has become the most influential agent of socialisation. Stereotypes related to gender are regularly portrayed in the media.
20). The media and community are also settings for development sometimes positive or negative it depends on how these influence the children’s development. The mesosystem is defined as linkages and interrelationships between two or more of a person’s Microsystems such as home and school, school and community(SITE). The impact of mesosystems on the child depends on the number and quality of interrelationships (Berns, Roberta Eighth Edition, pg. 20).
Prejudice and bigotry are learned at a very young age mainly from parents, other children and other institutions outside of the home environment. In many cases when children are trying to understand why others are different to themselves they may take on board what others say about them even though it may wrong. This in turn gives children a misconception of what they are experiencing when they create their views and opinions. This then creates intolerance. Types of prejudice and discrimination include: • Racism • Sexism • Religious prejudice • Culture • Ageism • Ethnicity • Socioeconomic status • Disabilities – physical and mental 2.3 evaluate how own attitudes, values and behaviour could
Peer relationships provide children opportunities to learn about themselves. They develop new social skills from peer contact. They need to build relationships with other children. Peer relationships play a vital role in
Name: Reniella Padilla Title & Number: TDA 2.1 CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON DEVELOPMENT 2.1 DESCRIBE WITH EXAMPLES THE KINDS OF INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S DEVELOPMENT. BACKGROUND • Family Dynamics Family is a fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. Families are very important to children’s lives when they are growing up. Some children do not grow up with their families they grow up in a foster family or in the care where local authorities take care of them. But some of the children who live with their family can be closer or not closer to them this can affect their confidence and their education.