EDUCATING CHILDREN BY UNDERSTANDING THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract
The most valuable thing given by parents to children is education.
In educating and teaching children, especially elementary students,
parents and teachers often find it difficult. Lack of motivation is
the reason children are always first and foremost. To increase
their motivation, parents and teachers need to understand the
psychology of child development. Elementary school age children
have different developmental psychology characteristics. These
characteristics are classified into four points: physical, social,
language, and cognitive. By understanding the characteristics of
psychological development of children, parents and teachers must
teach and educate children in accordance with their development
and not do things that are unwanted by children. It was proved
that any children of different ages have different developmental
psychology. By understanding the psychology of their development,
parents and teachers can teach and educate them easily knowing
what can make children motivated and to obtain the best results in
education, parents and teachers or schools to work together.
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