When I think of Child Development...

When I think of Child Development I think of Education. A quote from Jean Piaget sums it up. He said that "the principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done". This is what i really hope education in my country will achieve one day. 

Testing not by intelligence

I really believe in what Piaget and Vygotsky said that educators should focus on "the children's thought processes and not just on the outcomes"(Berger. 2012) because, and this is very true, children do not come from the same environment, have not been exposed to the same things supposed to foster their learning skills like books or technology, and have not rub the same people like parents, instructors and other children. All of this being intimately connected to the culture. Vygotsky believed that cultures teach (Berger. 2012). 

STAR test is an online testing in maths, reading and literacy and it is a good way of knowing the level of a child. It helps teachers know which children need more help than others, and how to challenge those who do good.