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Level 3 Award, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Child
Care and Education Course Handbook
Unit 2 – Development from conception to age 16 years
Delivery guidance
During this unit you will learn about:
A holistic overview of development.
The development of children from conception to age 16 years.
The areas of development (physical, communication and language, intellectual and learning,
social, emotional and behavioural) in each of the following age groups:
• birth to 3 years
• 3 to 7 years
• 7 to 12 years
• 12 to 16 years
The differing theories of development and their relative influence on the different areas of
children's development.
The theories of development may include:
• nature versus nurture
• Piaget's theory of cognitive development
• Vygotsky's studies of the way children learn
• Chomsky, Skinner and Vygotsky's views of language development
• theories of social and emotional development
• attachment, separation and loss (Bowlby, James and Joyce Robertson)
• Skinner – implications for behaviour management
• current theorists – such as Margaret Donaldson, Cathy Nutbrown, the Effective
Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE), Chris Athey, Tina Bruce
• factors that affect development
The reasons for carrying out observations in different ways, in different types of settings.
The range of techniques used for different observational purposes and how to record
observations.
How to practice the observation techniques in a range of practical contexts.
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