When I Think of Child Development

If I had my child to raise over again
I'd build self-esteem first and the house later
I'd finger paint more and point the finger less
I would do less correcting and more connecting
I'd take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes
I would care to know less and know to care more
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites
I'd stop playing serious and seriously play
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars
I'd do more hugging and less tugging
I'd see the oak tree in the acorn more often
I would be firm less often and affirm much more
I'd model less about the love of power
And more about the power of love.
Diane Loomans

Testing for Intelligence

If assessments are to be done you must look at the whole child and continue to do assessment because over time children change (Berger, 2009). I work at an elementary school in the second grade department and they give assessment four times of year.  As a second grade assistant we always look at the attitude the children on testing day. Some of children home situations are not ideal, they could be sick, or there just not in the mood for testing, and this can have a great affect on the assessment scores for that day.  I believe assessments are good to have in place, because it give you  an ideal on type of program to have in place in the classroom, but we must keep in mind that the results aren’t always accurate.  That is why more and more testing has to be done because these tests can have an affect on a child’s performance in the classroom.

China School and Education

The Chinese education system has a long history. The empires of China have for thousands of years used a bureaucracy system of government and gaining position in it traditionally involved testing. All children in China are required to attend school for at least nine years and the federal government regulates how schools are run and what is taught (McCune, 2011).

Testing

Testing is the be-all and end-all’ of Chinese education. Test scores determine a Chinese student’s entire future and university spots are highly sought after, so most student’s free time is devoted to studying and preparing for university entrance exams (McCune, 2011).

As I said earlier assessment of children is needed to give educators and ideal of what programs to put in place to meet the needs of the children.  I do feel that children should be given the opportunity to grow and their entire development shouldn’t be base on the score they made on a test. There are some children who are average but are great test taker.  Then you have other students who excel academically, but perform poorly on standardized test. I know in my case I hated standardized testing. I would freeze each time I had to take a test and I would always perform poorly. But, I knew I was a good student.  I believe that it Is important to educate the whole child, not look at just one thing you have to consider the total package.

References:

McCune, J. (2011).  China schools and education. eHow. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/fact_

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Berger, K.S. (2009).  The developing person through childhood (5^th ed.). New York. NY: Worth Publishers