What are the similarities between the development of the babies in the documentary?
As we have discovered in this module, language develops in a similar progression across cultures, including that of the deaf community. In this assignment, you will consider the importance of how lang
As we have discovered in this module, language develops in a similar progression across cultures, including that of the deaf community. In this assignment, you will consider the importance of how lang
As we have discovered in this module, language develops in a similar progression across cultures, including that of the deaf community. In this assignment, you will consider the importance of how language development applies to learning.
Select one of the following options to complete.
Option I
Watch the documentary Babies (2010), directed by Thomas Balmés.
The documentary can be viewed using the following options:
- Search the Internet.
- Amazon Web site. Babies (Purchase the movie). Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Babies-Thomas-Balmes/dp/B002ZG974M/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285601518&sr=8-1
- Netflix Web site. (Rent the movie). Retrieved from http://movies.netflix.com/movie/Babies/70129309
Respond to the following:
- What are the similarities between the development of the babies in the documentary?
- What are the differences between the development of the babies in the documentary?
- What does the documentary tell us about the influence of nature and of nurture?
- Compare your own experiences, as children and/or as parents, to the experiences of the families in the documentary.
- What surprised you about the documentary?
- In what ways did your understanding of the documentary influence the way you view child development?