Curriculum development paper Jasdeep Mahngar University of Phoenix Developing and evaluating educational needs NUR/588 Karen Burger December 03‚ 2011 Curriculum development paper This paper develops a lesson plan for an education program. The education program focused for particular target audience-teenage mothers. According to McGrew‚ Shore (1991) teenage pregnancy is one of the most difficult issues for the teenagers‚ their families‚ and the community. The teenage parents are not ready
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Biological Approach. Attempts to understand and modify behavior by understanding and manipulating the anatomy and physiology of the individual. The biological approach does not deny phylogenetic (evolutionary) or ontogenetic (learning) change‚ but rather posits that learning takes place in the context of behavior‚ and that behavior can be understood and changed by understanding and changing this underlying anatomy and physiology. In behaviorology‚ biology is recognized as mediating behavior but that
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Rebecca Sullivan Evaluate theories of cognitive development and learning There are a range of psychological approaches linked to the study of education. The development of cognitive theories and behaviourist theories are used to evaluate and explain the learning process and how these can be linked to education. Piaget’s (1952) theory of cognitive development‚ suggests that children think in different ways to adults‚ due to cognitive development and the stages individuals develop at. Piaget (1952)
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This four-stage theory illustrates how children are born with a mental structure that is built up overtime and their cognitive processes which develop as a result of experience. New experiences challenge children’s thinking causing disequilibrium. From this learning experience if the outcome is positive‚ accommodation of information/learning is made and we can see growth in cognitive abilities. Other ways to develop cognitively is exercising the old scheme in new ways. This theory is outlined in Figure
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From a newborn baby to an eleven year old child‚ cognitive development is affected by both inherited genes (nature) and experiences that take place throughout our lives (nurture). The development of the human brain plays an important role in living‚ learning‚ and other skills needed throughout life. Our brain’s cognitive understanding and interpretation of information is what makes us all individuals. Though many machines or computers can perform many functions such as mathematics or language
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Behavioral Theories Leadership is the process of influencing others toward achievement of goals. In leadership there are more than one theory that can describe the process of leadership and the styles of the leaders. Behavioral theories are from leadership theories that differentiate between the effective leaders from ineffective leaders. Behavioral Theories are included three studies‚ which are: * University of Iowa Studies * The Ohio State Studies * University of Michigan Studies A bout
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Warren Mayer The role of learning in personality development Personality theorists have long argued over the nature of personality in terms of how it is developed and how we come to understand the factors that influence said development. Numerous researchers and scientists have proposed theories and hypotheses in order to attempt to explain and elaborate on the role of learning in particular regarding the development of an individuals personality‚ however it must be noted prior to the continuation
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MODELS OF CURRICULUM Mrutyunjaya Mishra Lecturer‚ H.I 2. The Word: Curriculum • Latin: Running course • Scotland 1603: Carriage way‚ road • United States 1906: Course of study • United States‚ 1940: Plan for learning (study) 3. What is curriculum? Curriculum is a design PLAN for learning that requires the purposeful and proactive organization‚ sequencing‚ and management of the interactions among the teacher‚ the students‚ and the content knowledge we want students to acquire. 4
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activity. Cognitive theories are not centred on the unconscious mind of the child but emphasized the conscious thoughts. In this essay I will discuss the cognitive theories of Piaget and Vygotsky‚ who were both influential in forming a more scientific approach to analysing the cognitive development process of the child. I will outline Piaget’s theory of the four stages of cognitive development and Vygotsky’s theory on the sociocultural cognitive theory. I will also discuss how cognitive theories can be
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According to Woolfolk( 2010)‚”Cognitive development gradual orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated”. Psychologist and philosopher Jean Piaget is known as an significant figure in studies of cognition with children”. According to Piaget‚ “there are four stages of cognitive development an individual passes through‚ each stage is marked by shifts in how children understand and interact with the world around them‚ (1) sensor motor stage‚ (2) Preoperational stage
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