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Gesell believed that individual differences in growth rates are a result of the internal genetic mechanisms. [8] Maturational theory states that while the child’s social and cultural environments also play a role in their development, these socializing forces are most effective when they are harmonious with the inner maturational timetable.
The Gesell Developmental Schedules claimed that an appraisal of the developmental status of infants and young children could be made. The Gesell Developmental Schedule believes that human development unfolds in stages, or in sequences over a given time period. These stages were considered milestones, or the manifestations of mental development. [1]
Arnold Lucius Gesell (21 June 1880 – 29 May 1961) was an American psychologist, pediatrician and professor at Yale University known for his research and contributions to the fields of child hygiene and child development.
Maturationism is an early childhood educational philosophy that sees the child as a growing organism and believes that the role of education is to passively support this growth rather than actively fill the child with information. This theory suggests that growth and development unfold from within the organism. [1]
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The Gesell Institute of Child Development is a 501c(3)non-profit organization located in the Gesell Institute building on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It promotes to and educates child care professionals on the principles of child development originally laid down by the institutional namesake, Arnold ...
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The first five years of life: a guide to the study of the preschool child, from the Yale clinic of child development, 1940 (with Arnold Gesell) Child development, an introduction to the study of human growth, 1943; Vision, its development in infant and child, 1946 (with Arnold Gesell) The child from five to ten, 1946; L'Enfant de 5 à 10 ans, 1949