Traditional concept of children's development

The concept of children's development includes the characteristics of human nature, the essence of development, the factors affecting development and the value of children's development, which is the methodological viewpoint when people cultivate children.

The main factors affecting children's development view are as follows:

1, genetic determinism

Human nature is generally regarded as a characteristic that distinguishes human beings from other biological species, and is expressed by human individuals. In addition to the * * * nature of human beings, this common feature, within human beings, when everyone shows these common features, also shows the particularity of individuals.

For example, the ability to use language is one of the differences between humans and animals, but as far as a single person is concerned, in the actual use of language, there are still differences in expression ability, intonation and speaking speed.

2. Environmental determinism

With the passage of time, the explanatory power of genetic determinism on children's development has been more and more doubted by people, and people have turned their attention to the environment other than natural biological factors. Environmental determinism holds that the power that really plays an absolute role in children's development is their living environment and the educational guidance they get the day after tomorrow.

Although environmental determinism denies the decisive role of genetic and biological factors in children's development, it still believes that children's development is restricted by some causal relationship outside children's subjective control.