I am being reminded that as educators, we need to progressively develop and nurture a better understanding of how learners differ to help us structure suitable classroom activities that are keeping with their development. The study of developmental psychology allows us to have a better understanding of what a child needs to develop in the best possible way, issues children face as they develop so that they can be better supported, how to help learners to overcome the problems they have, to know that learners may show little progress sometimes and significant progress at other times and not to make assumptions about what a learner can or cannot do because of age.
It is very crucial to understand that a child's development may be influenced physically, socially, emotionally, cognitively and morally as adults today. Hence, as educators we need to get to understand how our learners grow and develop, what barriers and challenges they may face so that we will be in a better position to create a more effective learning experience for them.
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