The Role of Play in Early Childhood

1.

Choose two of the video clips from the list and:

• Describe the stage and type of play demonstrated in the videos.
• Identify the cognitive development stage of the children in the videos.
• Describe the psychosocial development stage of the children in the videos.
• Respond to the following:
  • How do theories (cognitive, psychosocial, ecological, or other) explain how the type of play demonstrated in the video clips promotes successful development in the stages you identified

  https://courserooma.capella.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/PSYC/PSYC3210/180400/Course_Files/cf_dv_archive_video_clips.html
  2.

  • Locate at least one research article that deals with parenting styles of a culture different from your own.
  • Provide a summary of the article.
  • Describe the type of parenting common to that culture and explore how culture has shaped the parent-child relationship.

  References

  Chao, R. (1994). Beyond parental control and authoritarian parenting style: Understanding Chinese parenting through the cultural notion of training. Child Development, 65(4), 1111–1119.Darling, N., & Steinberg, L. (1993). Parenting style as context: An integrative model. Psychological Bulletin, 113(3), 487–43.Review the Rosin article, “Hey! Parents, Leave Those Kids Alone.” This article is the basis for this discussion.For this discussion, respond to the following prompts:

  • What benefits are there for the children who visit the playground from a development perspective, and what skills are they learning?
  • How does this type of play promote successful cognitive and psychosocial development in middle childhood? Use the language of cognitive and psychosocial theory.
  • Would you have enjoyed spending time at a playground like the one described in the article as a child?
  • Would you feel comfortable allowing your own child to play in such an environment? Explain why or why not.