2012 Liberty University Customized Learning Theory Many educators operate their classrooms using a “learning theory” that they feel optimizes the best learning environment for their students. As an educator it is very important to create your own customized learning theory to use in your classroom. A customized learning theory is developed to create an optimum learning environment for students. Educators have to research and put into practice the ideas
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There would be several possible benefits for implementing this policy. With a household that has domestic violence or child abuse in their history‚ the child would have a much greater chance of becoming violent in the future. Studies show that children of batterers are much more likely to become batterers themselves. The child would be more likely to develop some psychological problems as a result of the abuse. Also‚ if the abuse is towards the child‚ the child could suffer from severe physical
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Cognitive development involves the areas of brain development that effect information processing‚ intelligence‚ reasoning‚ language development and memory. From childhood through adolescence to adulthood‚ cognitive development is the formation of thought processes‚ including remembering‚ problem solving‚ and decision-making. Cognitive development is how we understanding the world around us. There are stages that have been clinically proven to be the average for children by theorists Piaget and Vygotsky
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Multisensory Learning Multisensory Learning Cindy Price EDA University of Phoenix June 27‚ 2010 When people enter the educational world‚ their primary goals should be student achievement and creating an environment that their students are successful in. Some of the important factors in the creation of the most effective environment are the method of teaching‚ their personal educational philosophy and the learning theory that brings these factors together. There are several learning theories and theorists
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Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and Len Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective have played critical roles in educational psychology. Both of these major frameworks will be analyzed and compared. From these two different standpoints‚ it will be illustated how a particular concept or cognitive skill can be taught. Russian psychologist Len Semenovich Vygotsky
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Jean Piaget was born on August 9‚ 1896 in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland. He was his parent’s first child. He was born to his mother Rebecca Jackson‚ and his father a medieval literature professor named Arthur. At just ten years old‚ Piaget’s fascination with mollusks drew him to the local museum of natural history‚ where he stared at specimens for hours on end. When he was eleven years old and attending Neuchatel Latin high school‚ Piaget wrote a short scientific paper on the albino sparrow. By the time
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Vygotsky and Piaget had several similarities and differences on the way they viewed certain developmental concepts. One of the most common was the study of cognitive development. However‚ the way each of them viewed the importance of changing factors is where they varied. While Vygotsky and Piaget both established the significance of social interactions in cognitive development‚ Vygostsky was the one who thought the most accommodating relations were those with peers. He believed that language develops
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Piaget vs. Vygotsky Both Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky have had a huge impact on learning and teaching methods. Although they have different views on how children learn‚ they both suggest helpful methods of teaching. Piaget and Vygotsky both focus on the idea of constructivism. Constructivist theories believe learning includes real-world situations‚ language‚ interaction‚ and collaboration with others. Piaget believed in cognitive constructivism and Vygotsky believed in social constructivism. They
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LEARNING THEORY by Bob Boakes Psychology and You‚ pp.59-63‚ Hawker Brownlow Education‚ Melbourne Australia Learning is the process by which we gain knowledge about the world. It is not just something we try to switch on occasionally when‚ for example‚ we have an exam to study for or want to try a new game. It is a process that starts before we are born and continues to the moment we die. The kind of concentrated‚ deliberate process that we usually refer to as ‘learning’ in a school context is only
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and inevitably how they behave (Bandura‚ 1986). The environment continues to reinforce the learning (Bandura‚ 1986). Through observation and modeling of a population’s culture is the determining factor in how society learns to interact with the population. Within the mental health arena‚ people are taught through social norms and additional
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