Articles

Articles.

This is a collection of research-based articles I have written to empower educators.

Inappropriate Content for Children (What should you do about the endless inappropriate content everywhere?)

Why Kids Should Be Allowed to Be Messy (Children can learn many concepts through messy play.)

Independence in Children (Using Erikson's psychosocial theory to understand how we should nurture independence in children.)

Toxic People (Try to avoid these people in your life.)

Concrete Materials (Children need concrete materials to learn, not abstract concepts with just a whiteboard marker.)

Influential Theorists and Theories (Learn about the history of early childhood in the world.)

The Construction of Knowledge (How do children learn?)

Approaches for Promoting Meaning-Making (Children use play to make sense of the world around them.)

Developing Critical Thinking Dispositions (Part I) (5 learning dispositions that differ from MOE's PRAISE.)

Developing Critical Thinking Dispositions (Part II) (5 learning dispositions that differ from MOE's PRAISE.)

Reconsidering the Role of the Teacher (What do you, as a teacher, have to do to nurture the little ones?)

Introduction to Life-Span Development (Part 1) (Understanding development starts from birth to old age.)

Introduction to Life-Span Development (Part 2) (Physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of infants.)

Development in Early Childhood (Development in young children.)

Development in Middle and Late Childhood (Part 1) (This is about middle and late childhood, before adolescence.)

Development in Middle and Late Childhood (Part 2) (This is about middle and late childhood, before adolescence.)

Development in Adolescence (Teenagers.)

Using Screen Time to Replace Parenting Time (The dangers of allowing children to have electronic devices.)

Autism (A brief essay about Autism Spectrum Disorder.)

Play-based Learning (This approach may not be practical in Singapore, but it is widely acclaimed worldwide.)

Positive Reinforcement (Children need encouragement to learn appropriate behaviour.)

Psychosocial theory (Erikson) (The 8 stages of a person's psychosocial development, this applies to EVERY stage in your life.)

Abuse (It is wrong to abuse a child, no matter the reason.)

Invented Spelling (A key concept in writing that many parents and educators do not understand or believe in.)

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.)

Classical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov's approach to managing children's behaviour.)

Operant Conditioning (Praise vs punishment.)

The Story of Genie Wiley | A Child Deprived of Language (The tragic story of a girl who was abandoned by her family and lost the ability to speak.)

Victor the Wild Child | The Birth of Special Education (The boy Victor and his teacher, Itard, who became the father of special education.)

Amala and Kamala: The Wolf Children of India | Feral Children Explained (Amala and Kamala were allegedly wolf children discovered by Reverend J.A.L. Singh. But is the story as accurate as he claimed?)

Theories of Language Development (How do we understand how a child learns language? Is it through the environment, the child himself, or a mix of both?)