My Personal Research Journey

    Back in November of last year I was given the privilege of attending 92Y’s Seventh Annual Wonder Play Early Childhood Learning Conference-Balancing Core Early Childhood Principles with 21^st Century Expectations in NYC. Of the many workshops offered at the conference, I was drawn to and intrigued by JoAnn Deaks workshop titled From the Neck Up: Differences in Early Brain Development in Boys and Girls.  Thus, my simulation topic is learning about the different ways boys and girls learn.  These differences lead to a variation in the way females and males approach almost everything: from learning to loving, from communicating to consoling(92y,n.d).  As a parent, early childhood professional, and educator it is important to me to learn how to properly meet every child's learning styles.  As a society we often place boys and girls into specific gender roles.  For example, we often hear boys being referred to as being rough and full of energy, while girls are referred as being calm and gentle.  However, as educators it is important to stray from these biases and appeal to a child's abilities so that we appeal to them as a whole child. 
    In the most recent weeks I have used several web pages to gather information about a child's brain development.  Some of the web pages are: 
The Deak Group, http://www.deakgroup.com/our-educators/joann-deak-phd/
Zero to Three-Brain Development, http://www.deakgroup.com/our-educators/joann-deak-phd/
Center on the Developing Child-Harvard University, http://developingchild.harvard.edu/
Hopefully these web pages will be as useful to you as they have been to me.

References:
Deak, J. (2013). Afternoon Lectures-Session B-From the Neck Up: Differences in Early Brain Development in Boys and Girls. Retrieved from http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Wonderplay/Conference/AfternoonLectures.aspx