Topic 1: INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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What are the three developmental domains?
Physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional.
What is physical development?
Changes in the body and brain, including growth, motor skills, and health behaviours.
What is cognitive development?
Changes in thinking, reasoning, memory, language, and problem-solving abilities.
What is socio-emotional development?
Changes in emotions, relationships, self-concept, and moral development.
How do developmental domains affect learning?
They influence each other and all affect learning.
Does development happen in stages?
Yes, development occurs across several stages.
What are the stages of development?
- Infancy: Birth – 2 years
- Early childhood: 2 – 7 years
- Middle childhood: 7 – 12 years
- Adolescence: 12 years – adulthood.
Why is it important to understand all stages?
It helps teachers recognise how early development affects later learning.
Why do teachers study child development?
- Understand how children learn
- Recognise developmental differences
- Support emotional and social development
- Design appropriate learning experiences.
What do effective teachers do with their teaching practice?
Reflect on it in three stages.
What are the three stages of reflection?
- Reflection in planning (before lesson)
- Reflection in action (during lesson)
- Reflection in evaluation (after lesson).
What is reflection in planning?
Thinking about teaching before the lesson.
What is reflection in action?
Adjusting teaching during the lesson.
What is reflection in evaluation?
Reviewing the lesson afterwards to improve future teaching.
How does educational psychology research help teachers?
- Understand learning processes
- Evaluate teaching strategies
- Improve teaching practices.
Why do teachers compare classroom experiences with research?
To improve learning outcomes.
By the end of Topic 1, what should you understand?
- The three developmental domains
- Key elements of the unit
- The importance of educational psychology in teaching.
