+1 862 207 3288 Childrens development can be looked at and understood through contrasting approaches. The scientific approach looks at the facts about children by composing theories and consequently testing them through observing and experimenting. Jean Piaget is a developmental theorist who did his research in this way. The second type of approach used to understand child development is that of the social constructionist. The social constructionist approach takes into account the way people make sense of the world and how they look at it from an overall point of view i.e. world view. The final approach used is one most commonly used by organisations, institutions and people that are in the roles of providing childrens care and ensuring their welfare. The applied approach deals with the practical questions about children in everyday life in regards to what the obligations and needs are towar…(short extract)
