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Week 8 Assignment 2: Reflection

Alexis Lowe

Walden University

EDUC 6160: Early Childhood Development

April 22, 2020

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Wow! Time has flown by. Over these past eight weeks this class has not only helped me

to fulfil my major requirements, but have also helped me to understand the complexity of early

childhood development and how I can become a better person as a parent and educator. The

participation and observation assignments were decisive to analyze me in my goal of being an

early educator. I felt natural working with children of all ages, but most importantly I look

forward to growing in this range of age because I will be applying in the classroom real teaching

strategies on a carefully planned curriculum. Even though I first started off as a Criminal Justice

major, I have now chosent to focus on early childhood education and with this course along with

others be successful to prepare future leaders of tomorrow.

The focus on studying early childhood concepts and theories has been a very significant

learning experience. I have had the opportunity to learn and explore various topics and issues

including identifying and labeling children, relevant child development topics such as stress and

trauma, major milestones of children at different age groups, and development theories.

Three insights

This has led me to generate a few insights including that a child’s development progress is

dependent on the cognitive, mental, emotional, physical, and social development. If there are any

gaps or constraints in any of these areas, they can greatly undermine their development

milestones. For instance, the issue of stress which hurts the cognitive development of a child thus

predisposing them to depression, substance abuse, and other mental disorders.

The second insight is children who present special needs require personalized and

comprehensive intervention. This arises from their own experiences and needs expressed. While

focusing on the topic of labeling disabled children, I acknowledge that labeling and identifying is

a form of tool or personalized strategy that helps to pinpoint children that need specialized

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Running head:REFLECTION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT Week 8 Assignment 2: Reflection Alexis Lowe Walden University EDUC 6160: Early Childhood Development April 22, 2020 Running head: Reflection 1 Wow! Time has flown by. Over these past eight weeks this class has not only helped me to fulfil my major requirements, but have also helped me to understand the complexity of early childhood development and how I can become a better person as a parent and educator. The participation and observation assignments were decisive to analyze me in my goal of being an early educator. I felt natural working with children of all ages, but most importantly I look forward to growing in this range of age because I will be applying in the classroom real teaching strategies on a carefully planned curriculum. Even though I first started off as a Criminal Justice major, I have now chosent to focus on early childhood education and with this course along with others be successful to prepare future leaders of tomorrow. The focus on studying early childhood concepts and theories has been a very significant learning experience. I have had the opportunity to learn and explore various topics and issues including identifying and labeling children, relevant child development topics such as stress and trauma, major milestones of children at different age groups, and development theories. Three insights This has led me to generate a few insights including that a child’s development progress is dependent on ...
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