When I think of child development, this image seems appropriate:
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| Child Development as explored over 8 weeks is a summary of the words above. |
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
When I Think of Child Development
Hello Everyone, I would like to thank you for being a part of my professional development journey, I have learned from each of you one way or the other, I hope I contributed to your professional journey too.
When I think of child development, this image seems appropriate:
As an Educator, I learned about theories and concepts explaining how children grow, learn, play and interact with people and their society.
When I think of child development, this image seems appropriate:
Monday, December 7, 2015
Testing for Intelligence: Assessment
Assessing children is important and I support the concept because it is one of the ways of knowing the assimilation strength of children, working memory, level of knowledge, and the ability to recall information based on what has been taught. I say it is one of the ways because I don't believe that it should be only a one way thing; other methods could be used to assess children other than the obvious test and assignments given.
NIGERIA
Nigeria is my home, Nigeria is where I was brought up, it is where I know so, assessment in Nigeria is what I can talk about first hand.
Nigeria is a developing country as such, not so many things are the way it should be. Assessment systems could be better. Schools try to emulate British and American educational systems and some schools stand in between. Competition is healthy if it furthers knowledge acquisition and growth. In Nigeria, there are limited resources and jobs, at a very early stage, children are taught to study hard so the right paying jobs can be gotten. Assessment achieves everything other than its main purposes as mentioned in the introduction of this blog. I go to school to study, pass well and get a great job so I can buy nice cars,dresses and houses is the thought of an average Nigerian. In this type of environment not a great percentage of people are give the opportunity to discover their strength and weaknesses, learn to proffer solutions or make discoveries.
It is important to assess children both it is expedient to know that children do not develop the same way so a test for intelligence should not be done with comparison in mind.
NIGERIA
Nigeria is my home, Nigeria is where I was brought up, it is where I know so, assessment in Nigeria is what I can talk about first hand.
Nigeria is a developing country as such, not so many things are the way it should be. Assessment systems could be better. Schools try to emulate British and American educational systems and some schools stand in between. Competition is healthy if it furthers knowledge acquisition and growth. In Nigeria, there are limited resources and jobs, at a very early stage, children are taught to study hard so the right paying jobs can be gotten. Assessment achieves everything other than its main purposes as mentioned in the introduction of this blog. I go to school to study, pass well and get a great job so I can buy nice cars,dresses and houses is the thought of an average Nigerian. In this type of environment not a great percentage of people are give the opportunity to discover their strength and weaknesses, learn to proffer solutions or make discoveries.
It is important to assess children both it is expedient to know that children do not develop the same way so a test for intelligence should not be done with comparison in mind.
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