Child Development Unit 1

Growth is things that can be measured easily, like changes in weight and height. While development is the gaining of skills, such as thinking, talking, moving, or other things that are harder to measure.

Physical (gradual development of turning head, then crawling, then walking, etc.), cognitive (learning how to read), emotional (learning how to properly express oneself), social (learning the right and wrong ways to communicate with others).

Infant, toddler, preschooler

Development is similar for everyone, Development builds on earlier learning, Development proceeds at an individual rate, The different areas of development are interrelated. (Phys, Soc, Emot, Cog), Development continues throughout life.

Genetics (disabilities), health (access to healthcare), gender (gender roles), family (are they treated well by them), environment (is their surroundings clean or dirty), education (are they taught good or bad things), culture (how do your traditions affect your life)

Nature is what you are born with, nurture is what you are taught

It shows how despite separation there can be a lot of things in common between separated twins. Separated twins without knowing one another would also show how without each other’s influence and feeling the need to be different from one another, they would end up super similar to one another.

Objective writing is writing based on sensory experiences and facts. Subjective writing is based on personal opinions, experiences and thoughts.

 It can increase motivation, engagement and can adapt to children’s individual needs. Improved grades and use data to analyze performance. It may be expensive, have unattended biases like racial biases, a lack of privacy or some fears of things happening if data on a child is leaked, ai may not encourage others, and lead people to not want to go into teaching and cause classroom and anxiety and lower participation. It can also risk replacing teachers as AI come for many jobs.