Social Influences on Children's Learning and School Achievement

This essay discusses and evaluates the social influences on children's learning and school achievement, with a focus on parental influence and the attachment theory proposed by Bowlby and Ainsworth.

Discuss and evaluate social
influences on children's
Learning and School
Achievement

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Topic 1 Parental Influence..........................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Child learning is the process which helps in understanding and knowing the development
and growth of children in different age groups (Mermelshtine, 2017).
Thus, it will be analyzed form the essay that theory of Bowlby and Ainsworth was being
explained which helped in knowing the child learning and behavior along with the
understanding. The relationship between parents and children was also denoted by explaining
that how the parental influencing is being done. This has also engaged the importance of the
theory and how it delivered and supported child learning. How the concept of the theory was
being analyzed and effective research through which the child learning process and this theory
was supported.
MAIN BODY
Topic 1 Parental Influence
Parental influence is the most significant factor in determining a child’s educational
achievement irrespective of wider social factors.
Parental influence is the defined as any option, attitude or action who shapes or molds
child's reading attitudes. Parental influence is the most significant factor in determining a child's
educational achievement irrespective of wider social factors. Parents influence the children in
deciding what they are supposed to do or perform. Parental influence also affects the child's
education and their overall life's achievements which are as compared to wider social factors.
Parents also impacts the child's emotional and social development as both the mother and father
impact the career and education process of their child. Fathers involvement is associated with
positive outcomes for children including educational and emotional attachment and helps in
protecting the mental health of their child (Padaki and et.al., 2017).
The theorists who are Bowlby and Ainsworth denote that the attachment theory is
focused on relationships and bonds between people and specifically between parents and child.
There are different stages of attachment which are described as -
Negrini, (2018) suggest that the stages of attachment are Pre — attachment Stage — From
birth to 3 months, children so not show any attachments towards any of the person which also
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includes their parents. There are some signs which are observed of infants which are crying,
fussing which naturally attracts the attention of parents.
Indiscriminate Attachment — This stage is the stage of child between 6 weeks of age to 7
months in which the child shows preferences for parents. Infant trusts that the parents will take
concern and listen to them and respond to their needs and the child responds positively to the
parents (Negrini, 2018).
Discriminate Attachment — From about 7 to 11 months of age, infants show strong attachment
and preference top one specific individual. They will show the expressions of anger and rahge
when they are separated from their parents.
Multiple Attachments — From 9 months of age, children form strong emotional strong bonds
with their parents. And this includes the that how the parents are taking care of their children.
This helps in knowing that how effectively the parents are able to take care of their children.
Therefore, the theorists helped in knowing that how parents can take care of the child and
understand them. Parents are more concerned as how their children are growing and developing
over age both mentally and physically. This theory has helped in knowing that how effectively
and in appropriate manner the behavior of children are concerned. Thus, this theory helps in
knowing the behavior of children by their parents.
As per denoted by Wilson-Ali and et.al., (2019) The theorists are Bowlby and Ainsworth
who have developed this theory which has helped in knowing that what are the stages of
attachment. The stages help in explaining that how parents can understand the behavior and
feelings of children. The emotional and educational aspects of children are identified. Bowlby
and Ainsworth also helped in knowing the patterns of attachment which is between children and
their parents (Wilson-Ali and et.al., 2019). This also helps in knowing that the theorists have
defined an appropriate manner in which ambivalent attachment, disorganized attachment, secure
attachment and avoidant attachment are diagnosed which has helped the children and parents and
in resolving and knowing the behavior of students which are idealized at large scale.
Along with this, there are factors which influences attachment and helps in knowing that
what are the relations between parents and children. There are opportunities for attachment and
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quality of care giving is done by parents to their children. This attachment theory was developed
for the children and parents so that there is attachment. The theorists have also analyzed the
stages of attachments which have become very important to earn the understanding and behavior
of children. Attachment theory is simply is feeding the relationship between the children and
students (Petters, 2019). The attachment is being categorized as how the learning and
development of the children is taken into concern at large scale. This helps in creatively
understanding the importance as to how the children are being understood. Bowlby observed that
the feedings did not diminish the anxiety experienced by children. The theorists ensured that how
effectively and in appropriate manner understanding between parents and children are idealized
and categorized in appropriate manner.
According to Zeifman, (2019), The behavioral patterns are concerned by the motivation
and how effectively and in appropriate manner parents are concerned in knowing the aspects of
growth and development of children. Bowlby was also interested in understanding the separate
patterns which are reviewed in detail. Children were taken into concern for how the changes are
being observed and in what manner the parents are understanding all measures and aspects as to
how effective and in appropriate manner the different behavioral patterns and changes are
observed within children. The theorists applied this theory to analyze and understand the
behavior of how children are behaving (Zeifman, 2019). This has helped in knowing and
evaluating the perspectives as to how attachment is observed between the parents and children.
This helps in knowing that what are the measures which are being diagnosed for studying the
behavior of how the changes are being taken into consideration at large scale in effective
manner.
The theory of attachment which is proposed by Bowlby and Ainsworth is important as it
helps in understanding the behavior of children and the relationship between parents and
children. This theory plays an important part in parenting specifically attachment parenting. This
helps in knowing that how the children are framing the child's brain is responsible for social and
emotional development, relationships and communication to grow fast. This theory also helps in
learning about the behavior and understanding of children so that the attachment factor is known.
In this manner the relationship of parents and children is also known. This helps in growing the
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relationships of children and how well they are communicating with their parents. Children's
learning is also improved at parental perspectives which helps in creating value of life of
children.
Child learning is important which has been proved by theorists Bowlby and Ainsworth
that by understanding this theory, the children are able to take concern of how the changes in the
behavior are observed and in what manner they are bonding with their parents by sharing with
them important conversations and communicating with them (Zeifman, 2019). This theory helps
in understanding that child learning is important as the age when children are born and this helps
in creating value for how they learn new thing from the environment and observing the patterns
of things which they see. Child learning becomes important for the parents as well as they are
able to analyze and evaluate the perspectives through analysis of child's learning process
becomes easy.
As viewed by Baxter and et.al., (2017), Child learning is important as described in this
theory that they are able to learn new things and this helps them to evaluate and identify the
major basis through which learning process becomes easy and effective to analyze the scale of
how effectively and in appropriate manner the growth and development of child both physically
and mentally are done. This also helps in evaluating the perspectives through which
identification of expressions and feelings concerning happiness, anger and other emotions are
noted and expressed and noted and observed by the parents at large scale (Baxter and et.al.,
2017). The main aim of the theory is that it helps in describing that how effectively and in
appropriate manner the changes are being observed and this helps in denoting that child learning
is important both for the educational purpose and emotional purpose. Child learning is best done
when the parents are taking care of their children and are concerned about how they are growing
and developing from different ages. This is noted from the above theory.
CONCLUSION
Thus, it is concluded from the above essay that theory of Bowlby and Ainsworth was
being explained which helped in knowing the child learning and behavior along with the
understanding. The relationship between parents and children was also denoted by explaining
that how the parental influencing is being done. This has also engaged the importance of the
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theory and how it delivered and supported child learning. How the concept of the theory was
being analyzed and effective research through which the child learning process and this theory
was supported. Thus, the essay helped in denoting the aspects as to how the behavior and
understanding of the children was being observed.
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