Question

what is child development and why is it so important to understand developmental periods to best serve your students

Answer 1

The child development is defined as the course of mental, physical and emotional changes occuring in a child from the time of birth to adolescence.
The child development includes physical, social, interactive, psychological, ethical, linguistic, intellectual and cognitive aspects.
It is very important for a teacher to understand the process of child development. Understanding the child development period helps teacher in better bonding and connecting with his students. This provides a sense of comfort and security among the students.
Understanding child development enables teachers to help student learn better, conduct properly and manage different situations with more patience and skillfully.
Academically it will help teachers to construct and curate syllabus according to child's need. It will also help teachers to develop new creative and interactive methods of teaching to which children can bond with easily and makes the learning process fun and interesting.
Learning about child development will also help teachers to detect behavioural issues in some students and better ways to deal with them.