Example Question 2: How do guidance and discipline promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of young children?
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- Include what influences development in all four domainsutilizing multiple sources (from your textbook and lab examples) to demonstrate current research-based knowledge and including an example from your lab experience of how guidance impacts each at least one of these domains: social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development
While conducting my research I concluded that having High-quality childcare centers that create a positive learning space leaving children to feel secure helps to promote their social and emotional development (Swim, 2016). As well as helping young children recognize their feelings so that they can learn how to express themselves. Another thing I found that influences social development is being a responsive caregiver as well as learning about attachment relationships of the children’s parents.
As for social development, I found that it’s dependent on the support and guidance that adults and mature peers provide as children attempt new tasks. During my lab observation, I see how guidance helps structure the children as far as leadership, and how the teachers promote motivation to want to learn as well as how patient they are with the students. One example of the leadership comment I mentioned is that each day at The Children’s Center the teachers assign a different child to be the one to open the door whether it be to go on a walk to go to the playground and the child is excited to do so. Guidance and disciplineinfluence cognitive development by teaching children responsibility and by helping them make thoughtful decisions (p. 7, 50).
Citation
Swim, T. J. (2016). Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers: Caregiving and Responsive Curriculum Development (9th ed.). Cengage Learning US.
