Learning and Development for Early Childhood Assignment
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Running head: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOODContemporary Perspectives of Learning and Development for Early ChildhoodName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1 LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOODTable of contentsPart A: Five constructions of childhood..........................................................................................2Image 1........................................................................................................................................2Image 2........................................................................................................................................3Image 3........................................................................................................................................4Image 4........................................................................................................................................5Image 5........................................................................................................................................5Part B: Comparison..........................................................................................................................7Introduction..................................................................................................................................7Compare and contrasting the five constructs...............................................................................7Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9References......................................................................................................................................10
2 LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOODAssignment 1: A study of constructs of childhoodPart A: Five constructions of childhoodImage 1The above image has been taken from the website of Laselle College. The image wasposted for enhancing the clarity of the readers regarding Early Childhood Education Program(ECEP). Here, the children have been portrayed as “innocent” (Sorin & Galloway, 2006). Whena child is born, his mind is a blank sheet, tabula rasa, as proposed by the philosopher John Locke.At this stage, the children are innocent, they accept everything what the others tell them. Theimage depicts a teacher helping the small children in building blocks. This indicates children’spassion towards toys. The teacher here acts as a miniature adult in terms of providing educationto the students in a play way method. The teacher is smiling, which reflects the attempts towardscreating a positive image in the minds of the children. This generates trust, hope and dependenceon the teacher in the minds of the children (James & Prout, 2015). The togetherness reflected bythe children in the image signifies unity and coordination, nullifying the aspects of quarrels andfights when amidst friends. Behind the teacher and the students, a shelf can be seen where books
3 LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOODare kept. This is an indication of positive learning environment. The faces of the children seemlike they are engrossed in the action they are doing. This aligns with the characteristics of thedevelopmental stage they are venturing. Image 2The picture has been posted in order to picturize childhood as portrayed by MarkusNatten in the poem Childhood. The image shows three children busy in building blocks. Out ofthese, two are boys and one is a girl child. One of the boys is laughing, this is in perfectalignment with the characteristic features of this age. Children in their infancy laughcontinuously on seeing something funny or unusual (Rubin & Asendorpf, 2014). At infancy,children are very good observers. In this image also, one of the boy child is keenly observing theother child laughing and holding one of the blocks. The boy child is also holding one of theblocks, but his facial expression seems he is confused. It might also be the fact that he wants tohave the red color block, which the other child is holding. All these aspects portray the child in
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