Child Development Theorists
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Over the years, child development theorists are always coming up with ways and strategies that help and aids in child developments. The theories that they are coming up are related to the technologies and developments that the world has gone and going through.
In the past, toys and games are one vital aspect in the development of children. These toys and games have already evolved to educational ones. With the popularity of computers and the Internet come the educational games that children can play.
All in all, theorists need to depend on what the available resources are to come up with the proper child development learning that will fit the children and the environment that they have.
The only thing that remains the same is categories with which learning is divided into. It has remained to be one of the constant concepts among child development theorists. It can be noted that they are the ones believed before and still is up to now.
What are these categories of learning?
1. Skills.
According to child development theorists, skills are learned by children in a the shortest period of time. These skills are also earned from the persons and things that they see. Furthermore, what is being taught to children can develop into their own personal skills.
In the early childhood, the ability to move, talk, draw and count are the first skills that children will learn. There are other kinds of skills that children can learn. But this is all depending on the supervision that they have and with practice and constant activity.
In order to develop these skills, the supervision of adults is important. Since they are the first teachers of children, what is being taught to them early on will remain until they grow up. It is also necessary that children be given the proper tools that they can practice their skills into. These could be toys and later pencils, crayons and books.
2. Knowledge.
Child development theorists believe that knowledge can be attained with and without the assistance of an adult.
There are children who tend to ask questions and need adults to satisfy them by explanations and description. Children get knowledge during this interaction. Most of the time, they will rely on their parents or other adults to supply them with information that can eventually turn to knowledge.
On the other hand, there are those children who find answers on their own. These may be those who are curious enough to explore and learn new things without asking for help. This is also another way of acquiring knowledge.
3. Feelings.
Feelings are innate. Even if children are not taught about them, these feelings tend to come out naturally. Oftentimes, children are not aware that they have these feelings. It is only when they see how people react to them that they know.
The earliest form of feelings that children have is the feeling of security and belonging. They learnt these from their home. Others feelings will come out once children are already interacting with other people or when they are put into different situations.
4. Outlook.
The outlook is based from what parents want children to have. They are then enhanced little by little in order to achieve the result that they want children to attain.
The outlook in life is not learned through practice, according to child development theorists. It is achieved from one children are taught.
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