Nursery World - Level 3 Diploma for the children and young people's workforce, part 10: Understanding child development

Understanding child development acts as a springboard for students to examine their practice in greater depth. Mary Evans explains how this unit supports underpinning knowledge

It is no coincidence that the largest core unit in the Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce focuses on child development.

Without a sound knowledge and understanding of the sequence and rate of each aspect of development, an early years practitioner's work is largely ineffective.

Mine Conkbayir, senior programme manager for apprentices at the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), says, 'I cannot stress enough to our learners how important this unit is. I tell them it provides the cornerstone of everything we do working with young children. I give them examples to drive that home - such as with child protection issues.

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