Studing children holistically should be based on unnderstand the young child from a holistic perspective with an emphasis upon the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains - as well as the child's environment. The reason why these assestment are important because we must understand each child as a individual. Their environment plays a very important part in their lifes. If we don't understand their environment than we will not understand the child. However their cognitive and psychomotor domain influences their well-being. Therefore this will affect each child developement.
Children Assessed in the Middle East
For many of years there has alway been turmoil about education in the middle eastern part of the world especially for women. Young people – especially young women – have been politically, economically and socially disenfranchised, growing up in largely opportunity-scarce settings. Moreover, the Middle East Region continues to have the highest rates of youth inactivity in the world, especially among young women who are neither studying nor employed.
The rollout of global Child Friendly School (CFS) training in 2010 has significantly boosted implementation of the CFS framework as the centrepiece of quality education interventions across Middle East Region. Therefore this give young women a opporunity to go to school and learn new technology. This give young women in these countries a far better opportunity to be education with the help of many organization. However many assessment have shown these children or young women econinomic and social enviroment have change in the past couple of years. Being able to be educated given them a opportunity to get a job and to be part of their society.
This great news make me not only happy but maybe one day I can return to my fathers' country and beable to teach at their schools.
Reference:
www.unicef.org/about/.../files/2010_MENA_RAR_for_the_Web.pdf

What wonderful news that the future for women in the Middle East is changing. I know it's a long road to come, but maybe small changes will equal more opportunities for women and education. I also believe that standardized tests do not measure the 'whole' child- very good point- Also, it was nice to hear your good news that you may return one day to teach there :)
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