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Moral Development is also in stages and cannot be fragmented according to Lawrence Kohlberg

Aug 30, 20218 min read

Moral Development is also in stages and cannot be fragmented according to Lawrence Kohlberg

Jean Piaget introduced the idea of how moral development occurs in stages, each level built on life experiences and active reasoning....

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Vygotsky's challenges to Piaget's cognitive development theory

Stephen Phua

Aug 24, 202110 min read

Vygotsky's challenges to Piaget's cognitive development theory

Lev Vygotsky (1934) stresses the fundamental role of social interaction in the development of cognition and he believed strongly that...

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Can your child transmit COVID-19 to your family?

Stephen Phua

Aug 20, 20213 min read

Can your child transmit COVID-19 to your family?

Kids are getting COVID, and with the highly infectious Delta variant still surging in the US, there are a lot of concern about outbreaks...

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Cognitive Development of your child - what you should know?

Stephen Phua

Aug 19, 20219 min read

Cognitive Development of your child - what you should know?

Jean Piaget in 1936 provided a theory of cognitive development that explains that intelligence in a child is not inferior to that of an...

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Preschool development conflict (age 3-6) - initiative vs Guilt Stage

Stephen Phua

Jun 4, 20215 min read

Preschool development conflict (age 3-6) - initiative vs Guilt Stage

In the previous blogs, we covered Erikson's concept of resolving 2 conflicting ideas in each of his 8 lifelong development stages, the...

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Erikson's Toddler Age (1-3 years) - Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt

Stephen Phua

May 30, 20215 min read

Erikson's Toddler Age (1-3 years) - Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt

In my last post, we discussed Erikson's infancy stage. Here, we want to discuss the child reaching a stage of development where he or she...

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The Biblical Perspective of early childhood development - Erikson's infancy stage (Age 0-1) intimacy

Stephen Phua

May 28, 20217 min read

The Biblical Perspective of early childhood development - Erikson's infancy stage (Age 0-1) intimacy

Erik Erikson (1902–1994) was a stage theorist who took Freud’s controversial psychosexual theory and modified it into an eight-stage...

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Does IB PYP make a difference in preparing preschoolers in Singapore for primary school?

Stephen Phua

May 27, 20218 min read

Does IB PYP make a difference in preparing preschoolers in Singapore for primary school?

BRMCC Little Lights was authorised to be a IB PYB World School on 1 Aug 2019 There was an interesting study done by the Department of...

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Long term effects of preschool education

Stephen Phua

May 27, 20212 min read

Long term effects of preschool education

High-quality early childhood education is increasingly viewed as an important and effective intervention to address early-life deficits....

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACS) and long term health effects

Stephen Phua

May 16, 20212 min read

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACS) and long term health effects

Childhood adversity is a common societal problem that increases the risk for mental and physical health problems in one’s life. ACES are...

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