Themes and Theories in Child Development Reflection Paper
Activity One:
Read Chapter One: Issues and Themes in Child Development
Chapter One examines the scientific study of child development and how it has evolved and changed over the years. It looks at basic concepts of child and adolescent development and how/why people use knowledge about children to promote positive development. The chapter includes a discussion of basic themes related to how development occurs and introduces you to the varied contexts that influence children’s lives. It also includes strategies and guidelines that enable you to differentiate reliable information from other sources you may encounter as you study child development.
Read each Reflect prompt below and then thoroughly answer each question in a narrative format using 12pt font and 1.5 spacing. Please include the question in bold, followed by your response directly below it (not in bold), in a numbered format.
Reflect: Think about how knowledge of child development may impact your life personally at home, in your work and in society at large.
1a) Write: How much do you know about careers where knowledge and expertise in child development is important or required? Do your career goals include working with children and families in some capacity? How might you personally use your knowledge of child development in the future?
Reflect: Chapter One introduces the idea that there are three basic domains of development – physical development, cognitive development and social emotional development – and there are continuous interactions between these domains through childhood and adulthood. Also, the chapter introduces the idea of themes or reoccurring debates and controversies within the field of child development.
Think about your own life experiences and what you believe to be true about how development occurs. Do any of these sayings sound like something that was shared in your family:
1b) Write: In 5 or 6 paragraphs, discuss the themes mentioned in Chapter One (page 9 through 14). Based on your personal experiences, what aspect of the themes are you familiar with? Which ones do you tend to agree with or use in describing basic child development? Which ones do you want to learn more about because they challenge your own ideas about child development?
Reflect: Chapter One includes a discussion about the context of development – family, school, community, and socioeconomic status – and the ways they influence various aspects of development. Think about your own childhood and the impact these may have had on your own development.
1c) Write: Briefly discuss the various contexts (family, school, community, socioeconomic status) may have had on your own development as a child. What impact may these contexts have on a child’s development in our current society as we continue to grapple with the Covid 19 pandemic (think about children living in California’s Bay Area).
Activity Two:
Read Chapter Two: Theory and Research in Development
Chapter Two describes major theories that have influenced how we understand child development today. These major theories help us make sense out of what we see as we observe and work with children and adolescents. It is also important to understand the variety of methods used to develop and test these theories and to build our knowledge base.
Think of this Chapter as an introduction/overview of the various theories and the work of the various people that developed the theories. Each of these theories will be discussed in much more detail in future chapters. At this point in our study of child development, it is important to become familiar with the various theories and to get a general idea of how they are similar and/or different from each other in discussing child development.
View Video Clips: Below are several short YouTube video clips about development scientists and their theoretical perspectives. These clips will hopefully supplement the information you are reading in your text. Watch each of the video clips below. Once on YouTube, you may easily find a variety of similar clips for Piaget, Vygotsky, Bronfenbrenner, Erikson, Freud, Skinner and other developmental scientists.
Erik Erikson 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
http://youtu.be/577GqQDMX08 (Links to an external site.)
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Piaget’s Stages of Development
http://youtu.be/TRF27F2bn-A (Links to an external site.)
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Piaget & Vygotsky
http://youtu.be/zNArHZr9Qoc (Links to an external site.)
Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner
https://youtu.be/xvVaTy8mQrg (Links to an external site.)
ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY for Social Work (Links to an external site.)
https://youtu.be/AXcsNEEO7mo (Links to an external site.)
Read each Reflect prompt below and then thoroughly answer each question in a narrative format using 12pt font and 1.5 spacing. Please include the question in bold, followed by your response directly below it (not in bold), in a numbered format.
Reflect: Think about the information presented in Chapter Two about Freud, Erikson, Watson, Skinner, Bandura, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Bronfenbrenner.
2a) Write: In 5 or 6 paragraphs, discuss the theories/theorists mentioned in Chapter Two. Based on your personal experiences, what aspect of the various theories are you familiar with? Which ones do you tend to agree with or use in explaining/understanding basic child development? Which ones do you want to learn more about because they challenge your own ideas about child development?
2b) Write: Children’s development is affected by both their biology and the larger cultural context in which they live. How would you connect these two factors with Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems?
Reflect: Reflect on the variety of research methods and ethical issues discussed in Chapter Two.
2c) Write: Why must researchers take extra precautions when studying children? What characteristics do children have that could make them more vulnerable to unethical treatment?
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