Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Cradles of Child Development
- include
- Family
- consists of
- "at least one adult devoted to a child's health,
education and welfare", (McDevitt, Ormrod,
Cupit, Chandler & Aloa, 2013).
- is key
- in the socialisation
of children
- meaning
- family members teach and
model certain behaviours or
beliefs by encouraging or
discouraging them
- a child's development is
influenced by their family
structure and upbringing
- because family
- will enforce or discourage
behaviours and
beliefs
- such as
- curbing impulses
- following rules
- respect for adults
- may encourage active
participation in numerous
activities such as sport, music
or dance
- which
- can provide children with the
skills involved in being social
- such as
- teamwork
- discipline
- provides certain
resources and
experiences
- that can affect
- a child's cognitive
development
- as
- some families may not be
able to afford certain
resources
- which can cause
- differences in academic
abilities between children
- which
- is important for
educators to understand
- as
- it should not be assumed that all children have the
same access to knowledge and resources
- low income families may not be able to
provide children with worldly
experiences such as travelling
- Culture
- is
- the behaviours and beliefs of a
certain social group
- which can
- influence children's behaviours, such as
social practices, communication and
divison of responsibilities
- causing
- children to commonly imitate
these behaviours and beliefs in class
- which
- is important for educators to be aware of
- because
- if a teacher doesn't know anything about "the
cultural backgrounds, the dialects, the home and
the community", (Quinton, 2013).
- then
- connections and relationships
can not be made.
- influence children's beliefs, such as
independence, self-assertion, obedience and
cooperation
- Community
- creates
- a bridge to the
outside world
- and therefore
- children have access to community
environments, networks and services.
- such as
- schools
- playgrounds
- sporting clubs
- parks
- which can influence
- advice given to parents from
friends or neighbours
- the efforts to keep
children on the
acceptable pathways
- what children perceive as their
role in society