As all of us have experienced the phase of childhood. Everyone has their own perspectives according to the traditions and rituals they grew up in. Many of us come from diverse cultures so we have different views. If I talk about mine culture, I come from India, having the Indian traditions, I am having a lot of knowledge in this regard and I am here to get more about the other cultures too. So, talking about my society, the knowledge of growth and development of child is deeply rooted. Although there are things with whom I came here, some of them I am mentioning according to my own personal experience. These aspects will be discussed further. First, I want to talk about the family system. In India, mostly there are joint families, and children learn how to cooperate and maintain the relationships in the life by living in this environment. Not only that, youngsters also came to know about their multiple generations and civilization. Families has the get together at festivals that are educational and have cultural importance. Children have the chance to learn about history and religious values. So, families play a significant role in a child’s growth. Secondly, the educational system is incredibly good in my home country. Institutes play a key role in the child’s development of the brain and health. They have special arrangements for physical wellbeing and mental health like meditation, yoga, outdoor as well as indoor games to sharpen memory and to remain fit. Schools also give knowledge about spiritual thoughts and dedicate time daily before each day. Lastly, India is the diverse country, and it does practices for the welfare of the coming generation for the sake of the future.

 

Yes sure! Everyone has expectations before starting a new job. Me too having some believes regarding this. There are many more which are still pending to complete. I came here to this program to fulfill all the these to be succeed in my life desires. There are many more things to know to be with the children. There are many theories still to learn for the child's allover development. As per my perspective, there is a need to learn about psychology, sociology, intellectual skills, critical thinking, nutritional value per person, emotional perspective, social norms, parenting and so on. I am hoping for the best for my future as well for the little ones to be professional in the rest of their life by interpreting the theories in this program for the sake of the upcoming future.

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In terms of Piaget's theory, Howard Gardner challenges him on his theory. Gardner comes up with the idea of continuous developmental psychologist while others focus on the discontinuous development.

They both focus on the influential theories in the fields of psychology and education, but they focus on the different aspects of human development. These both theories are distinct significantly in their primary focus and scope. Gardner's theory centers on the diversity of human intelligence whereas Piaget's theory focuses on the cognitive development of children. We can learn different things from both theories like they provide the valuable frameworks for self-awareness, learning, career choices, and problem-solving. They can be helpful in various aspects of life whether it is personal or professional.

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There is one similarity between the thoughts of Loris Malaguzzi and Lev Vygotsky is that they both emphasize social interaction but the diverge is that the latter theorist focuses on social interaction also, but the former theorist not only focuses on the social interactions but also on the child's ability to explore the environment.

According to Loris Malaguzzi, a child as rich in potential, rather than an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge and customs; environment or educator is third teacher of children. I agree with him. I remember that when I was in my childhood, there were a number of children like me who had potential to explore new things without any guidance, just by seeing and touching things along with listening. For example, one day one of my art teachers gave me a project about Buddhism and told nothing about what student can do or use in this painting project. She only told all students to make it on their own and when the teacher saw the different projects, she was astonished and glad to see all these as each student used a different technique. So, now I feel that if the teacher talked about the specific technique and tools, no one could use their own creativity and pressurize their mind to think deeper, and all the projects would be the same. As a result, society as well as tutors should encourage children to explore and experience things on their own to make it clearer and to remember it for the long run as it is also mentioned in the theory that one can learn through touching, moving, listening, seeing, and hearing.

According to Lev Vygotsky, there are a number of things involved in children's development like their culture, language, independent potential and knowledge which is gained from others. By reading his theory, I can also relate it to my own childhood. If I talk about my traditional culture and language, it really emphasizes on me how I speak or communicate with others and how to think. So, cultural tradition and language played a vital role in one's personal and cognitive development. He mainly focuses on the learner's capacity to achieve the goal with the guidance. I can relate my past days with his theory. I can understand such views as I remember that I had confusion about choosing the stream for my secondary education. So, I put numerous questions about its scope and finally after a few days, I took the decision to do further study in it by getting help from other people such as teachers, parents, and adults because they had practical experience regarding this. Apart from this, every child has different capabilities and different problems which a person can solve according to the children's understanding. For instance, I love to do painting but in my childhood time, I found it difficult to understand different tools and mediums in comparison with others who had no interest. So, teachers spent more time on them and used different techniques to teach them. So, this is clear from this example that everybody has their own level of support. These are the thoughts which I really connect with my own life by reading the views of Lee Vygotsky.

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