Lifespan Studies: Cognitive, Language, Social And

Emotional, Physical And Holistic Development, And

Discuss How Te Whariki Supports And Promotes The
Development Of Each Domain In The Early Childhood
Sector.
This essay will describe five developmental domains, Cognitive, Language,
Social and Emotional, Physical and Holistic Development, and discuss how
Te Whariki supports and promotes the development of each domain in the
early childhood sector.

The definition of Cognitive Development as stated by the Encyclopaedia of

Children's Health, is the construction of thought processes, including
remembering, problem-solving and decision-making from childhood
through adolescence to adulthood. According to Vygotsky, infants are
endowed with basic perceptual, attention and memory capacities that
they share with animals. These develop during the first two years through
direct contact with the environment. Then rapid growth of language leads
to a profound change in thinking (Berk, 2009). This means that the
language a teacher or other individuals use around the child impact
greatly on their
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cognitive development. i.e. if a child is struggling with a puzzle a teacher
would not just sit down with them, complete the puzzle and say “that's
how it is done”, as the child would be learning nothing, but if the teacher
sits with the child and verbally prompts the child using descriptive words
(i.e. colour and shape) the child is learning not only how to complete the
puzzel by themselves, but is also adding to their vocabulary which in turn
is helping the child furthur their cognitive skills. Language Development,
as defined on Biology Online's website, is the gradual expansion in
complexity and meaning of symbols as perceived and interpreted by the
individual through a maturational and learning process. Basically this
means that speech/language is always evolving and is learnt through
interactions and observations the child has with the people and the
environment around them. Some of the stages/milestones of language
development are cooing, word imitation and being able to use and put
together short sentences. Language Development as stated above is a
huge part of a child's cognitive...