Explain The Importance Of Frameworks To Support Children's Development

All the Key Stages throughout the school setting, including EYFS, are frameworks that support children’s development. It enables practitioners and settings to plan developmentally appropriate activities and opportunities. Although most of these theories were developed many years ago it is important to remember that research into child development is always an ongoing process. Important theorists in this field are:

Sigmund Freud – His theory was based on how the human mind functions. He believed that there were factors outside of the individual person’s awareness (unconscious thoughts, feelings and experiences) that influence their emotions, behaviour and actions, and that their past experiences/feelings shape their future. His theory was

The psychoanalytical theory of Freud’s highlights the importance of the unconscious mental processes and childhood development issues as they relate to childish impulses, childish wishes, juvenile desires and the anxiety of reality. This theory has not been scientifically agreed with but has helped those working with children understand that there is a link between our mind and our unconscious actions. For example when a child tells a lie they may smile or cover their mouths without realising that they are doing it. Freud’s theory was also based on the idea that a person’s personality is formed throughout the childhood years, that children go through certain stages at certain points of their childhood and depending on how well they cope with these stages and experiences, their adult personality will be affected. In current practice, children’s expected stages of development reflect this detail and provide ways for practitioners to evidence them. In our

He also stressed the importance of social interaction, he felt other children can guide each other’s development as well as adults. Vygotsky also thought that children needed to be active in their own learning and that play is important for holistic learning. He believed that every new scene or interaction was a learning experience to children and that they must be guided through until they know how to react correctly in certain situations. His theory was that children learn new skills by being guided by parents or carers, for example, when a parent claps their hands (perhaps to a song) and then helps the child clap their hands, in time the child should be able to clap their hands for themselves. Staff support this theory in school settings by giving support if children are having difficulty managing a particular task. We also give praise when children handle social interactions with good behaviour to prove that we are happy and that what they have done is the correct way to