Child Observation

On 10-27-2015 Tuesday at approximately 1000 hours I Officer Hildebrand and Sgt. Joseph Harris were informed by Dispatch that Stormy Lintner was at the station to report vandalism to her vehicle. I arrived shortly after to speak with Stormy. I spoke with Stormy in the Department seating area about what happened. Stormy stated that sometime between 2000 hours and 0430 hours someone slashed all four tires on her Toyota Camry.

Child study Introduction of child Q is 5 years 5 months old. She is a girl. She attends a kindergarten. Q is the youngest child in the family of three children. She speaks and understands English during English lesson.

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development states four stages of cognitive development. During the first Sensorimotor Stage which Piaget

Piaget believed that children go through 4 stages which children can’t miss any stage to continue to develop cognitively. Every individual child has to

Piaget and Vygotsky have a significant influence and contribution in the field of developmental phycology with a concentration on cognitive development theory. This paper’s focus is to compare and contrast those two famous psychologists. Moreover, will include a short summary of their theories; similarities and differences between their cognitive development theories, and explain what can be gained after we understand those theories. Psychologists and Their Theories Jean Piaget, biologist and psychologist.

The notes taken from the child observations and a chosen case from my placement

The purpose of this paper is to analyse my observations of a child’s development that I was able to observe. This paper is about child observation on different domains such as Physical Development, Language Development, Cognitive Development and Social and Emotional Development. In this study, I have chosen, running record, event sampling and anecdotal recording as my tool in my observation.

Piaget theorized that there are four stages of Cognitive Development to account for the steps and sequence of children 's intellectual development. The final stage of Piaget 's theory is known as the formal operational stage. This is the stage where adolescence is placed. The formal operational stage begins around age twelve and lasts throughout our adult lives.

Piaget placed his main focus on the study of how intelligence changes as children grow, which he called genetic epistemology. Rather than being concerned with comparing levels of intelligence between children of different ages, he was interested in the natural development of mental skills over time. As noted by Kindersley (2012)

Introduction Child development and growth observation can be quite fascinating considering the uniqueness of each child. As children grow, they normally develop and acquire new skills whether complex or not. The abilities experienced by each child progresses differently that is depending on the nurturing given by the parent or guardian and on the characteristics that they inherit. Proper development and growth of the child occurs when basic needs are provided by the reliable adult guardians including such things as love, food, encouragement, shelter and warmth. The essay evaluates child development and growth through observation conducted by myself on my nephew.

Vygotsky maintained that speech is a major psychological tool in the child's development of thinking. As children age and develop, their basic speech becomes increasingly complex. However, Jean Piaget holds somehow different ideas. His theory of cognitive development,which is guided by the hypothesis of how people interact with their surroundings and how they acquire new knowledge and intellectual into existing knowledge,described and explained the changes in the logical thinking of children and adolescents. Still, both of Piaget and Vygotsky assumed that the crucial role played by cognitive development in the psychological development of people can not be ignored.

Having the right knowledge, skills and experience in understanding how children or young people develop are very important tools for early years practitioners. We must put to mind that each child born to this world is unique; they are born with different characters and their personalities and behaviours are formed and influenced by variety of factors. These factors may affect their ways of interacting to the environment and community or setting in which they live in. In my experience as a child care practitioner most of the time, adults mainly focus on the physical development of a child and so quick to base their conclusion or judgement on the physical aspect.

Based on Piaget’s cognitive theory, he suggested one will go through adaptation process and this applies to all four stages of his cognitive development stage. In the adaptation process, there are 5 stages which are assimilation, equilibrium,

The first stage of Piaget’s Cognitive Development theory is the Sensorimotor Stage, which he states takes place from birth

The observation of children, centred round careful viewing and listening, is a crucial characteristic of effective early childhood pedagogy. Nonetheless, research suggests that early years’ practitioners struggle to observe children satisfactorily and find a great difficulty in planning provisions built upon their observations. Thus, it is imperative that as prospective early childhood educators, we should understand the importance and value that such methodology holds. There should be a continuity between that which is observed in the classroom setting and what is presented to the students to facilitate their learning. Such observation equips educators with the skills necessary for effective teaching, learning and assessment.