theorists that have ideas‚ charts‚ and graphs about how a child develops. Many are used today to determine when a child is mature‚ when they can feel emotion‚ and other important factors to which there are no strict textbook answers for. Piaget and Vygotsky are two theorists that offer theoretical perspectives on how a child develops. 2. Piaget’s Constructivist Theory of Cognitive Development: Piaget had a phrase that said "Assimilation and Accommodation lead to Adaptation." Assimilation is when
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Children’s learning and developmental theories How children learn is very important in child care and in understanding how a child is to development. As children who are deprived of stimulation in early years develop slower‚ this statement opens up a massive debate which has been unanswered for years‚ the nature v nurture debate. There are 3 models of learning that cover all this debate and strive to be the correct theory they are the transmission model‚ the laissez-faire model and the constructivist
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Zone of Proximal Development Developed by Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky‚ the zone of proximal development (ZPD) refers to a metaphorical area between material a learner has mastered‚ and material that goes beyond a learner’s ability. This ‘middle-ground’ represents “potential learning” that can only occur through interactions with a ‘more advanced peer:’ teachers‚ parents‚ more capable classmates. Building upon a student’s previous knowledge‚ a teacher working within the ZPD uses scaffolding
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transmission in several families across different indigenous cultures. Her ethnographic research tries to show that cultural factors combine with biological factors to shape a child’s behavior‚ values‚ and gender identity. She was inspired by the work of Vygotsky‚ who claimed that human activities and skills take place in cultural contexts and that development is mediated by linguistic‚ social‚ and cultural interactions. This made sense to her because humans change with their societies and/or communities
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during adolescence. First‚ cognitive changes that occur during adolescence are related to moral development. Formal operational thinking allows the adolescent to interpret the social environment in new and different ways. Second‚ because adolescents are capable of devising new and idealistic social orders to which all are expected to conform‚ we may view them as moral philosophers. A number of researchers have noted other changes in moral development that point to the importance of adolescence as a
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Introduction For confidentiality purposes the pupil in this case study was referred to as Sam. This case study was based on a pupil who was demonstrating an area of delay within their social development. This area has been carefully selected from notes and close observations with Sam over a period of time. The writer has included the special education needs statement for Sam to demonstrate a detailed profile of his requirements. The information gathered has been obtained from the school
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Introduction: Vygotsky’s ideas stress that cognitive learning and development is impacted by cultural practices and social interactions. Human beings are embedded within a social context and matrix where behavior is well mapped within this. Cognitive development is marked by the society interaction with the individual. The present day American society social context that can be noted are the spirit of celebrating special American holidays such as Halloween or thanksgiving‚ the high school prom
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Communicational / Language Development Method: Narrative/Note taking Age of the child: 3 years‚ 25 days The communicational/language observation also took place within the playroom. I was observing a male who was 3 years and 25 days of age. The child I observed had speech difficulties and is currently being put onto a program to help him. The aim of my observation was to observe the communicational skills of a child with speech difficulties through the use of language. The method I used
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the end of it. Theories are a combination of evidence and refutation. When individuals create theories‚ they either have empirical evidence or they are just stating their belief of something. For example‚ Russian psychologist Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky strongly believed that social interaction‚ culture and language play a significant role in a child’s cognitive development. While people may apply his theory to real life situations‚ many researchers disregard Vygotsky’s theory simply because there
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Cypc 31.2 task2 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal and external factors. 2.1 And 2.2 Personal Factors * During pregnancy-: If the mother smokes ‚takes drugs‚ becomes ill or suffers from stress or anxiety this can result in premature birth and health problems for the baby such as -: low birth weight‚ undeveloped organs‚ problems with sight and hearing. These are all problems that could delay their development. Some children are born with
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