I: Outline the main characteristics and explain the differences within the following theories:
> Environmentalist > Constructivist > Maturationist
ENVIRONMENTALIST:
Environmentalist, the characteristic of this and the meaning is how the environment can have an impact on how children can develop or even adults. There are so many things that can impact on how children develop in their life 's.
Whether people live in poverty or if they are in a well financial home, this can have an impact on children 's development for a numerous of reasons.
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“low income parents are often over whelmed by diminished self-esteem, depression and a sense of powerlessness and inability to cope, these …show more content…
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“Maturationism is and early childhood educational philosophy asserting the child as a growing organism. Based on Arnold Gesseurs work, maturationists believe 'genetic factors play a larger role in development then enviromental ones.
MATURATIONIST 2005
An example of this is some children might be able to write their name at the age of three and some children might not be able to until they are five.
This is a good example to compare this theory against the constructivist theory, the reason for this is children might learn to write their name at school by using the more hands on learning approach, but younger children could learn it earlier then this by maturing earlier.
Maturationism learning was a way that children could learn at their own pace, every child learns different and some faster than others, this was also a way of children improving on what they already new and choosing new ways of learning by themselves, instead of somebody trying to teach them something they are was not ready to learn.
Maturationism also believed it allowed children to develop in a natural