Understand theory and educational frameworks which inform knowledge and understanding of early years practice
Click to watch ‘The Growth of Knowledge: Crash Course Psychology #18’ produced by Crash Course. https://youtu.be/8nz2dtv--ok
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Child development theories and examples’ on the Very Well Mind website
- 'Nature vs. nurture in psychology’ on the Simply Psychology website
- 'Theories of child development’ from the Professional Association for Children and Early Years (PACEY)
- Laser reading text ‘Theorist table’
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Theoretical perspectives on language development’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Child development theories'.
- Click to open this presentation on 'Understanding cognitive development theory'.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- This article from Positive Psychology is called ‘What is Attachment Theory? Bowlby’s 4 Stages Explained’.
- Click to read ‘Nature and nurture in child development’ by Oxfordshire County Council.
- This article is called ‘Attachment at an Early Age (0-5) and its Impact on Children’s Development’ by Marinus van Ijzendoorn, published in the Encyclopaedia on Early Childhood Development.
- Click to read this article from First Discoverers on ‘Cognitive development’.
- Use the internet or your local library to explore the work of key psychologists e.g. Behaviour theories: John B Watson, B F Skinner Cognitive theories: Jean Piaget Developmental theories: Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, Albert Bandura, Margaret Donaldson, John Bowlby Humanist theories: Abraham Maslov, Carl Rogers Personality theories: Carl Jung, Jean Piaget, Henry Murray, Hans Eysenck
- Think And Challenge
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