{"id":1292,"date":"2018-12-18T18:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-lifespandevelopment\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1292"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:16:48","slug":"introduction-to-educational-issues-during-middle-childhood","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-lifespandevelopment\/chapter\/introduction-to-educational-issues-during-middle-childhood\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Educational Issues during Middle Childhood","rendered":"Introduction to Educational Issues during Middle Childhood"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: examine common learning disabilities and other factors related to education during middle childhood<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3635 \" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/19224256\/students-377789.jpg\" alt=\"Two boys at a desk looking down at a book\" width=\"808\" height=\"537\" \/><\/h2>\r\nAcross the world, by the time a child is entering middle childhood, they are being educated in some form or fashion. In western society, most children are enrolled in a formal education program by the time they are in middle childhood.[footnote]The World Bank. Primary school starting age (years). Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/SE.PRM.AGES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/SE.PRM.AGES<\/a>.[\/footnote] That said, what children learn within that formal education program varies greatly across cultures. Further, most programs are set-up for typically developing\u00a0children, but they may not be set-up to handle children who are accelerated learners or children with learning disabilities. In this section, we'll take a look at some of these educational differences and developments, as well as struggles and learning difficulties during middle childhood.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: examine common learning disabilities and other factors related to education during middle childhood<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3635\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3707\/2018\/12\/19224256\/students-377789.jpg\" alt=\"Two boys at a desk looking down at a book\" width=\"808\" height=\"537\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Across the world, by the time a child is entering middle childhood, they are being educated in some form or fashion. In western society, most children are enrolled in a formal education program by the time they are in middle childhood.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"The World Bank. Primary school starting age (years). Retrieved from https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/SE.PRM.AGES.\" id=\"return-footnote-1292-1\" href=\"#footnote-1292-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> That said, what children learn within that formal education program varies greatly across cultures. Further, most programs are set-up for typically developing\u00a0children, but they may not be set-up to handle children who are accelerated learners or children with learning disabilities. In this section, we&#8217;ll take a look at some of these educational differences and developments, as well as struggles and learning difficulties during middle childhood.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1292\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Educational Issues during Middle Childhood. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Stephanie Loalada for Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Students. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: ludi. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/images\/id-377789\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/images\/id-377789\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section><hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-1292-1\">The World Bank. Primary school starting age (years). 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