scholarly journals Age as a historical materialist concept in cultural-historical theory of human development

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Seth Chaiklin
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
Psychological Concept ◽  
Historical Materialist ◽  
Theoretical Structure ◽  
Material Practice ◽  
Methodological Problems

The concept of age has a central role in the theoretical structure of L. S. Vygotsky’s approach to analysing child development. This concept is presented in the first part of this article. The presentation is organized around three conceptual challenges, the role or function of the age concept in a theory of human development, the psychological “content” of an age, and how to evaluate development in relation to an age. Main points include: (a) age, as a psychological concept, is formed through historical, material practice, (b) the concept has practical importance, but (c) for the most part the concept is still only a theoretical sketch. The second part of the article takes up methodological problems involved in working with and further developing this theoretical concept. Use of the concept in relation to pedagogical interventions may be especially productive.

scholarly journals The Importance of Developing Narrative Capacity

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
New Members ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
And Gender

Welcome to our first Issue of Children Australia for 2018. We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and entered the New Year with energy and enthusiasm for the challenges ahead. We also welcome back many of our Editorial Consultants and especially want to make our new members of the team feel engaged in the journal's activities for 2018. One of our new Editorial Consultants is Shraddha Kapoor who is Associate Professor at Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. Dr Neerja Sharma, now retired, who has supported Children Australia for some years, was Shraddha's Professor before becoming her colleague and now a dear friend. Shraddha herself has been teaching in the department for last 27 years in the subjects of developmental psychology, child development, wellbeing, family and gender. Her particular interests are childcare, early childhood education and gender.

Group Processes in Early Childhood: A Dimension of Human Development

1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lakin ◽  
Musia G. Lakin ◽  
Philip R. Costanzo
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Developmental Level ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Group Participation ◽  
Family Centered

A family-centered view of socialization has dominated child development research literature. Particularly lacking is knowledge of the influences of group participation where it is available and encouraged. The investigators carried out an observational field study in group optimizing settings in Israel. Variables were age and setting and the study included 32 groups of children aged 11-31 divided among four age categories in two types of communal settlement with differing amounts of group exposure. Differences in group behaviors were primarily related to developmental level but setting effects were apparent. The implications of such early appearances of group behaviors are considered.

scholarly journals KOMPARASI PERKEMBANGAN POTENSI ANAK USIA DINI MENURUT ISLAM DENGAN TEORI KOHLBERG

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Saiful Bahri
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
Three Stages

Abstrak: Kohlberg sangat memperdulikan perkembangan manusia, sehingga dia mengemukakan tiga tahapan perkembangan potensi manusia, sedangkan Islam sebagai agama yang rahmatan lil ‘alamiin sangat memperdulikan perkembangan manusia, sehingga mengemukakan konsep tentang perkembangan tersebut dalam hadits dan al-Qur’an. Persamaan antara kedua teori tersebut adalah sama-sama mengungkapkan tahapan-tahapan perkembangan anak dan perkembangan potensi anak. Kemudian juga mengungkapkan tahapan pendidikan yang harus dilaksanakan kepada anak supaya anak dapat berkembang sesuai dengan bakat alaminya. Perbedaannya mulai dari perbedaan epistemologi dan juga perbedaan pengembangan konsep fitrah.   Kata kunci: Potensi Anak Usia Dini, Teori Kohlberg Abstract: Kohlberg really cares about human development, so he put forward three stages of human potential development, while Islam as a religion which is rahmatan lil 'alamin really cares about human development, so he put forward the concept of this development in the hadith and the Qur'an. The similarities between the two theories are that they both reveal the stages of child development and the development of children's potential. Then also reveal the stages of education that must be carried out to children so that children can develop according to their natural talents. The differences start from differences in epistemology and also differences in the development of the concept of fitrah.   Keywords: Early Childhood Potential, Kohlberg's Theory

Childcare, Culture, and Child Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 515-533
Author(s):  
Laura Ferrer-Wreder ◽  
Lilianne Eninger ◽  
Hanna Ginner Hau ◽  
Tina M. Olsson ◽  
Mina Sedem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Organizational Features ◽  
Welfare Model

This chapter concerns theory and research relevant to child development and early childhood education and care (ECEC), which is a key ecology for human development. In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of the organizational features and processes important to understanding these settings. The authors then focus on describing the Nordic welfare model as it relates to ECEC settings, with an exploration of how certain ethics are reflected in the design, goals, and practice of ECEC settings in Sweden. The chapter then moves to summarizing and reflecting on the empirical research literature on how Swedish ECEC settings may support aspects of children’s moral development; finally, the authors pose several questions that may prove important to advancing future research in this area.

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF TEACHER COMPETENCIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 487-494
Author(s):  
Airisa Šteinberga ◽  
Dace Kazāke
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teacher Competencies ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Theoretical Literature

Significant changes in the society of the XXI century determine the changes in the education system. Nowadays the challenge of promoting child development is important. Teaching subjects does not give a generalised idea about nature, society and people in general. Teachers need new competences to move to logic of human development in education. The article analyses teacher’s communicative, self-cognition and cognitive management, methodological and organisational function that are united and contribute to the balanced development of pupils, therefore, in accordance with these functions, it is necessary to acquire the corresponding competences. By analysing theoretical literature, the article reveals the structure and content of these competencies.

scholarly journals The toxic stress and its impact on development in the Shonkoff’s Ecobiodevelopmental Theorical approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marília Souza Silva BRANCO ◽  
Maria Beatriz Martins LINHARES
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stress System ◽  
Toxic Stress ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Developmental Theories ◽  
Pubmed Database ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Qualitative Changes

Abstract Development is characterized by quantitative and qualitative changes that occur in a predetermined sequence. However, development could be affected by adversities, which change its typical course. The present study aimed to carry out a review of the concept of toxic stress, used in the Shonkoff’s Ecobiodevelopmental Theory, and to analyze its impact on human development. A search was conducted in the PubMed database, which yielded 12 conceptual articles from 2000 to 2013. The results were categorized into themes. The theory proposed by Shonkoff aims to elucidate the impact of stress on child development, based on other developmental theories. Toxic stress pertains to the prolonged activation of the body as a response to the stress system that can provoke neurobiological and psychological damages. The interventions proposed in the reviewed studies were effective in minimizing the negative effects of this type of stress, as well as in providing support to the caregivers of children.

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