EDUCATION UGC NET
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY
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Children are similar to adults most ways
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Children are best treated as young adults
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Childhood is basically a "waiting period
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Childhood is a unique period of growth and change
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Detailed explanation-1: -The modern Western societies make an unusually sharp distinction between childhood and adulthood. The idea of childhood as a unique developmental phase means that childhood is usually seen as important largely in terms of its consequences for adulthood.
Detailed explanation-2: -In modern society childhood is seen as a particular period of life that human beings have to undergo. It is separate from the other periods of life and has some special needs that must be fulfilled. Modern society has designed codes of ethics and laws that deal with this period of life (Kehily, 1004: p. 4).
Detailed explanation-3: -childhood, period of the human lifespan between infancy and adolescence, extending from ages 1–2 to 12–13. See child development.
Detailed explanation-4: -Child development can be defined as the process by which a child changes over time. It covers the whole period from conception to an individual becoming a fully functioning adult.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the context of childhood development, growth is defined as an irreversible constant increase in size, and development is defined as growth in psychomotor capacity. Both processes are highly dependent on genetic, nutritional, and environmental factors.