COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Judy Ireson and Tony Turner From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 UNIT 4.3

At the end of this unit you should be able to: understand some features of cognitive development and the cognitive demands made by curriculum subjects explain some ideas about the nature of intelligence identify types of thinking and relate them to learning activities begin to use tasks as a way of finding out about pupils’ cognitive level evaluate the idea of ‘matching’ the curriculum to pupils’ learning needs. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 OBJECTIVES

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PUPILS Motivation Thinking in different curriculum subjects A question of intelligence? –Linguistic –Musical –Logico-mathematical –Spatial –Bodily kinaesthetic –Intrapersonal –Interpersonal –Naturalistic –Existential intelligence From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

COGNITIVE DEMANDS ON PUPILS Information processing skills Reasoning skills Enquiry skills Creative thinking skills Evaluation skills Common-sense beliefs and misconceptions Understanding percentages From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

DEVELOPING COGNITIVE ABILITIES Nature and nurture Knowledge base Language and development Curriculum and development Creative problem solving Measuring cognitive development and intelligence tests From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

To explore this material further, read: Ireson, J. and Turner, T. (2009) ‘Cognitive development’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5th edn, London: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER INFORMATION

Child, D. (2007) Psychology and the Teacher, 8th edn, London: Continuum. Donaldson, M. (1978) Children’s Minds, Glasgow: Collins/Fontana. Gardner, H. (1999) Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century, New York: Basic Books. Howe, M. (1998) Principles of Human Abilities and Learning, Hove: Psychology Press. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER READING