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Understand theory and educational frameworks which inform knowledge and understanding of early years practice
Table of Contents
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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
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