Reflections on Child Development

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Reflections on Child Development

This semester in Child Development has helped me a great deal. I came into this class wanting to be a Child Development teacher at the high school level. I am leaving this class with the same ambition to become a Child Development teacher. I have learned so much by taking this class and I know it will all be helpful in the future once I am standing at the front of a classroom. Also, just by watching the way Mary teaches the class, I have learned things that I want to take into my own style of teaching.

I believe that there is so much more to a child's development than any psychologist or doctor could ever theorize. It takes many different things to make a child who they are and who they will become. Every child is different and things don't affect all children the same way, therefore, everyone's theories vary. It's a great thing that people can read about their children as they develop. That is something that will always be helpful, especially for first time parents. I really liked learning about all the theories of the stages a child...

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