This week I chose to focus on Option 2. The topic that I would chose to focus on in the early childhood field with doing only research on the present would be the idea of play. Play is very important, especially in the early childhood field. There are several positive contributions that would occur doing research on play in the present time.
One of the most important positive contributions would be to develop a child's well-being. This means that allowing children to play will develop their: social-economic development, psychical development, mental development and several others.
Another positive contributions would relate to the children and the student. The teacher would have the chance to watch the students play and would learn about the child, just by learning. Not only would the relationship between the student and the teacher grow, but the relationship between the parents and the child would become stronger.
The last positive contribution would be to learning about how each of the children learn. Each child may like to play with different toys, and this is targeting a specific area of development. All-in-all, it is important to allow children in the early childhood field to have time throughout school to play and learn on their own.
Play is such an important aspect of a child's development. I agree that play would be a great research topic. Through the use of play, many children learn important life skills such as sharing and working with others.
ReplyDeleteI find the topic of play to be one that needs our focus and attention. In many schools in the area where I live, play has been reduced to just a few moments outside in order to have more time for academic studies. Many do not understand or know the important role play has on the development of children. Play is a time for exploration and growth and is important for children, especially during their early years. Children learn so many life long skills during play.
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ReplyDeletePlay is a very important topic and it's important in child development. Doing research on how children play would be very intriguing because all children play differently. Play is one of the major ways children explore the world around them as well as learn many different skills.