The Importance of Early Childhood Education Theory

Running head: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Early childhood education
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Table of Contents
The importance of early childhood theory and child development in
documentation, planning and assessment of young children...................................2
Introduction............................................................................................................2
Importance of early childhood theory and child development...............................2
Need for documentation, planning and assessment of children.............................3
Conclusion..............................................................................................................4
The importance of play-based pedagogy on young children's learning and
development..................................................................................................................5
Introduction............................................................................................................5
Meaning of play based pedagogy...........................................................................5
Relationship between play based pedagogy and the learning and development of
a child.....................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..............................................................................................................7
References:....................................................................................................................8

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The importance of early childhood theory and child development in
documentation, planning and assessment of young children
Introduction
Education as a system includes the activities of the teachers as well as the
dedication and concentration of the children. The task and responsibility of the
educators become more critical when they have to take take of the younger children
(McLachlan, Fleer & Edwards, 2018). The attention span of the toddlers fluctuate a
lot and their level of interest depends upon the manner in which the teacher makes the
subject interesting. The purpose of this paper is to understand the importance of early
childhood theory and child development within the documentation, planning and
assessment of the children.
Importance of early childhood theory and child development
The theories of child development are important to be focused upon as they help
the educators and the parents to understand how a child undergoes changes and how
they grow over the course of their lives. Such early childhood theories emphasize on
the different elements of development which includes those of cognitive, emotional
and social growth (Ebbeck & Waniganayake, 2017). The behavior of a child is noted
to be erratic at times. The developmental psychologists focus on the understanding of
their behavior in order to substantiate such early childhood theories.
Various theories have been advocated over the years with respect to the children
of the society. The first theory which can be noted is the one propounded by Sigmund
Freud. Freud talked about the psychosexual developmental theory which stated that