As I reflect back on this course and the many activities we have completed, choosing three objectives was not an easy task. . This course gave us viable information about child development from the videos, the Virtual Child Exercise, and the textbook. With early childhood being my concentration, I found all of the objectives extremely useful and knowledgeable. I tried to choose three topics that I felt would provided the most information and touch the main objectives we learned in this course.
Compare and contrast the major theories influencing early childhood education, and focus on the contributions of each to the current status of the field.
The beginning of the semester, I learned about interesting theories and theorists and their …show more content…
Growth is the physical change a person experience. The growth process continues throughout a life span (Marotz, 2016, p. 24). Growth is measured by a person’s gain; their height, weight, shoe size, head circumference, body shape and so on. There are many contributing factors that determine a person’s growth pattern, rate of growth and overall wellness. One factor is genetics and another factor is a person’s environment. Genetic growth patterns are determined prior to birth. However, a child’s genetic growth pattern can be affected by their environment. For example, a child exposed to poverty, malnutrition or abuse will experience a slower growth rate than a child that has access to health …show more content…
Sadly, I was only able to choose three objectives that I felt were important to discuss in the course reflection. The theories and theorists provided us with insight on human develop and how our genetics and environmental factors can affect our growth and development. Language, social, cognitive, motor and physical skills shapes a child’s growth and development. The everyday physical factors also affect the child’s development. There are many more physical factors that can affect a child development and in multiple domains. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to go into full detail for these factors and how each domain is affected by the factors. Our textbook as well as the Administration for Children and Families website offers more information on these factors and affected
Compare and contrast the major theories influencing early childhood education, and focus on the contributions of each to the current status of the field.
The beginning of the semester, I learned about interesting theories and theorists and their …show more content…
Growth is the physical change a person experience. The growth process continues throughout a life span (Marotz, 2016, p. 24). Growth is measured by a person’s gain; their height, weight, shoe size, head circumference, body shape and so on. There are many contributing factors that determine a person’s growth pattern, rate of growth and overall wellness. One factor is genetics and another factor is a person’s environment. Genetic growth patterns are determined prior to birth. However, a child’s genetic growth pattern can be affected by their environment. For example, a child exposed to poverty, malnutrition or abuse will experience a slower growth rate than a child that has access to health …show more content…
Sadly, I was only able to choose three objectives that I felt were important to discuss in the course reflection. The theories and theorists provided us with insight on human develop and how our genetics and environmental factors can affect our growth and development. Language, social, cognitive, motor and physical skills shapes a child’s growth and development. The everyday physical factors also affect the child’s development. There are many more physical factors that can affect a child development and in multiple domains. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to go into full detail for these factors and how each domain is affected by the factors. Our textbook as well as the Administration for Children and Families website offers more information on these factors and affected