To the extent possible, childhood educators should try to identify the learning styles of their individual students so that they can help them maximize their absorption of subject matter in accordance with their fullest and truest intellectual potential instead of allowing their maximum progress and most positive long-term attitude toward education (Lloyd, 2005). Having studied learning theory and educational psychology, I am confident that I will be able to fulfill this responsibility as a childhood educator.

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One of the most interesting aspects of educational theory that I have encountered in my studies relates to the concept of Multiple Intelligences introduced by Harvard School of Education theorist Howard Gardner (2006). Early childhood education is actually the perfect opportunity to apply that theory (together with other learning theories) to determine each child's greatest potential academic strengths and weaknesses (Gardner, 2006). My familiarity with Gardner's work is only...
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