Intended audience:
Beginning childcare professionals who will have to talk with parents about research-based parenting techniques.
Select one children’s growth and development theory from the choices below:
- John Bowlby’s Attachment theory
- Piaget Constructivist theory
- Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory
- Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial Development
- Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory of Development
- Outline the theorist’s perspective on children’s growth and development from birth to 5 years of age.
- Describe at least 3 parenting techniques from birth to 5 years of age that are supportive of the theorist’s perspective on fostering a child’s development. Please see the grading rubric for additional details. Three techniques are the basis for an average grade and are not considered exemplary.
- Content should be presented and organized in a visually pleasing manner. Use clip- art/images to break up text. Do not use a black background.
- Describe at least 3 parenting techniques from birth to 5 years of age that are supportive of the theorist’s perspective on fostering a child’s development. Please see the grading rubric for additional details. Three techniques are the basis for an average grade and are not considered exemplary.
- Support your work with 3 or more authoritative sources. (Please see the grading rubric for additional information on how your work will be graded.) Include citations on the appropriate slides and a full reference slide at the end of your presentation using APA format. (For assistance with APA formatting, please see the APA Style Guide in the APUS Library.
