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The Developmental
Point of View
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The Developmental Point of
View means understanding that growth
is orderly, structured, predictable. Children walk before they run.
They think concretely before abstractly.
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The Developmental Point
of View means respecting the
fact that every child has his own rate and pattern of growth peculiar to
him. In this way he is different from every other child.
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The Developmental Point of
View means accepting the child as a
total action system; his physical, social, emotional, and intellectual
components depending upon and supporting each other. These components
are not separate, and one cannot be stretched ahead of the others without
upsetting an intrinsic and intricate balance.
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The Developmental Point of
View means appreciating that readiness
for any given task has its roots in the biological maturational make-up
of the child. We can neither PRODUCE IT, HURRY IT, nor IGNORE IT.
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The Developmental Point of
View means promoting educational programs
for children in terms of development as it IS NOW, not in terms of
what one thinks it ought to be.
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