In Recent Years Some Educators Have Spoken of the Need

Essay

In recent years some educators have spoken of the need to align educational practice with "brain research." To a considerable degree,they speak of the first few years of life as being a sensitive period for brain development,in large part because synaptogenesis,synaptic pruning,and myelination occur during this time. Respond to their line of reasoning by answering the following questions:
a. What roles do synaptogenesis,synaptic pruning,and myelination each play in brain development?
b. To what extent are these processes exclusive to the first five years of life?
c. Do any or all of these processes limit what children can learn once they reach age 5 or 6? If so,in what way(s)? If not,why not?