Children are put into groups in order to give them the best learning potential and for their learning to be appropriate for their age and level of understanding. Some children can be easily distracted, so would work better in a smaller group with adult supervision to keep them on task and encouragement them to keep focused. Potential issues that may arise in group learning could be that some children may take over the group and always answer before others, which in turn not all children in the group get to put their opinions, idea's or views across. It could cause ineffective communication between the group if a few are not understanding the task or some may be shy and introvert. Due to the nature of working in teams, children can sometimes find that they are not working effectively, which negatively impacts on their learning, and their ability to progress.
If a child has speech, language and communication difficulties, it would have an impact on their development currently because they may not follow the expected pattern of development for their communication. The child may find it difficult to communicate with their carers and peers and they may become frustrated and show negative behaviour. The
Social: Anti-social behaviour- If parents show anti-social behaviour it may impact on the child being put into care Addictions- If children live with addicted adults they may be under a lot of stress and experience poverty. This may cause their attendance at school to drop which will impact on their achievements. Bereavement and loss- This can impact on the child's emotional and physical health as they may not know how to respond to this. Adults can also find it difficult to care for the child if they loose a family member which could result in the child going into care. Economic: Health Status- if a child has a condition, their education and home life can be affected as they may not be able to attend school as much as other children.
If they feel emotionally secure they are more likely to participate in the play and learning activities. Children need to have a strong relationship with the staff to feel comfortable and secure this will help them to enjoy themselves and less likely to show unwanted behaviour. It is important for adults to ensure that they have effective communication with their students; this will help keep the children comfortable and will also gain their trust. Without trust and honesty the children may feel like you are unapproachable and may keep their problems and worries to themselves and this may affect their learning. It is important that children are made aware of what is expected of them within school with regards to their behaviour and interacting with others.
They might have difficulty sleeping, which will have a detrimental effect on their learning. They may lose their motivation at school, and find it hard to concentrate. They may comfort eat or lose their appetite, which could develop into an eating disorder. They could become self conscious,
All these activities help children learn. Have preferred learning styles and learn at different rates Some children will learn better by having something described to them whilst others will prefer to try and work it out themselves. Some will work better in small groups whilst others will prefer one to one support. Children will also be sensitive to the noise environment of the classroom. Too much noise or not
This is easier to be achieved when being encouraged to explore and helped with when having to make decisions by their carer. However if the carer shows a discouraging attitude to the child, they begin to sometimes feel ashamed of themselves. The child may then begin to assume how others may feel about them or things they may do. This is where guilt begins to grow. This stage is where a child must learn and accept what is and is not allowed and that some of the things that are not allowed could result in a punishment.
In addition social intimidation can lead to fear among children. They fear seeing the bully and getting picked on, or in a more serious case physically abused. Some children are even intimidated into secrecy. They may also keep quite because they feel embarrassed that they allowed this to happen to them. They may fear that their parents will either criticize them or that their parents will intervene and just make the situation worse.
Improper grading can cause delinquency in two ways. Grading a child above their mental level causes the child to fail in their tasks. Grading a child above their mental level is giving them tasks that may seem difficult to them or an assignment that they may not understand. Other students will notice that he has difficulties and may find him unfavorable or stupid. The child will receive a scolding from the teacher.
By doing this essay, looking at how children at this stage trying to make friends, but some children are usually a little shy and hold back until the right timing, till they are comfortable to interact with other children. The research consists of why some children are more open to a friendship and why some do not interact with others. In the essay, the major subjects are the two main theorists that involved the children developing their friendship at different stages and how children attach to one another when place in an environment is set right. Firstly, Mary Ainsworth researched on the “strange situation and how her attachment theory was successful. The second theorist is Erik Erikson; he had a theory of psychosocial development.