Teaching the Growing Child Assessment One Hayley Fitzgerald EDU70004

QUESTION ONE: WHO ARE TWO OF THE KEY COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORISTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT?

Cognitive Development Theorists O Jean Piaget O Lev Vygotsky

Jean Piaget O Four stages of thinking: qualitatively different from each other O Schema: understanding of environment they live O Assimilation: adding information to schema O Shows evidence of continuing cognitive development O Accommodation: develop new schema if idea doesn’t fit in a current schema O Adaption: learning new information; making schema more accurate

Lev Vygotsky O Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD): O Present Level of Development: capabilities when alone O Potential Level of Development: capabilities when with MKO. O More Knowledgeable Other (MKO): adults or peers

QUESTION TWO: WHO ARE TWO OF THE KEY MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORISTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

Moral Development Theorists O Jean Piaget O Lawrence Kohlberg

Jean Piaget O Relates closely to intellectual development O Children can be at different development stages for different situations O Children judge act’s seriousness by its consequences

Lawrence Kohlberg O Three views: preconventional, conventional, postcoventional O Promotes moral development to adulthood O Exposure to conflict allows development O Go from heteronomous to autonomous: make decisions based on own experiences

QUESTION THREE: WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF COGNITIVE AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

Importance of Understanding O Children learnt through modelling behaviour of adults and peers O Skills to understand students behaviour O Without understanding frustration and chaos may occur.

QUESTION FOUR: HOW WILL KNOWING ABOUT THEORIES OF COGNITIVE AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT HELP YOU IN YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE?

Theories and Teaching Practice O Understand behaviour: minimize classroom problems O Become MKO for students to continue their development O Gear lesson plan towards development stage

QUESTION FIVE: CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLASSROOM? IN YOUR EXAMPLE, PLEASE SPECIFY THE GRADE TO WHICH YOUR EXAMPLE APPLIES.

Cognitive Development Example O Sink or float O Grade four: ages 9/10years O Concrete operation stage O Assimilation: students add to their schema. O MKO: teacher and peer; group members

QUESTION SIX: CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLASSROOM? IN YOUR EXAMPLE, PLEASE SPECIFY THE GRADE TO WHICH YOUR EXAMPLE APPLIES.

Moral Development Example O Grade 5; age 10/11 years O Conventional view of development O Create a role play to react to given situation O Discuss as a group O Assists in forming reasoning abilities.

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