The theorists are John Dewey‚ Jean Piaget‚ B.F. Skinner‚ Howard Gardner‚ and Lev Vygotsky. John Dewey’s philosophy made an influence on education. He believed that it is important to emphasize children and their interests rather than subject matter. This influenced me because I believe that children won’t have a passion of learning
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Enabling and Assessing Learning. In this assignment I will be exploring a range of concepts‚ principles and theories of learning and assessment that apply to FE and the lifelong learning sector. I will apply these concepts‚ principles and theories to review the learning of my own students in my specialist area and how to respond to learning needs. There are a number of theories and concepts of learning which have been identified by a number of theorists. The four main theories are Humanism
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References: Dewey J. (1897) My pedagogic creed. The School Journal. 54(3)‚ pp.77-80. Chesterton G.K. (1910). Part 4. Education: or the mistake about the child. What’s Wrong With the World. Vygotsky‚ L. (1978). Interaction between learning and development. Mind and Society. pp. 79-91. Open Educational Resources of UCD Teaching and Learning‚ University College Dublin (2005) Resources and literature‚ Education Theory: Constructivism and social
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Chapter 1: History‚ Theory‚ & Research Strategies *~Chapter Summary~* Human development is the study of all aspects of constancy & change throughout the lifespan. Theories lend structure & meaning to the scientific study of development. This chapter provides an overview of philosophical & theoretical approaches to the study of human development from medieval to modern times & reviews majore research strategies used to study human behavior & development. When
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." - Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird According to Piaget‚ children are born without innate ideas about reality and they are not entirely filled with knowledge by adults. He suggested that children engaged in constructivism‚ which is the construction of new understanding of the environment based on their experiences (Sigelman &Rider‚ 2009). They do so
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society. Understood from the vantage of Bronfenbrenner ’s ecolological systems approach‚ initial transactions in a person ’s life are the result of direct interrelationships between the infant and members of the microsystem (church‚ family‚ peers‚ school‚ neighborhood‚ play area‚ and health services). Microsystems‚ in turn‚ are shaped by a host of higher-up systems‚ which are also acting on each other at the same time. When the children in Bronfenbrenner ’s model mature into adulthood‚ they are
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CYP 3.1 Understand Children and Young Person development There are many factors that influence child development‚ and for most of them‚ we do have some control. When working with children and young people it is important to have a good understanding of what children need to grow‚ so as professionals we are better able to address the needs. A child’s environment‚ for example‚ their family or school play a huge part in their development. Some of the main factors that influence a child’s
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The observation of children is performed by teachers and educators‚ to help understand each child‚ and their characteristics. Along with assessment and evaluation‚ educators are able to understand each child’s development‚ and make decisions about appropriate activities and experience to offer each child‚ to help foster their individual development. (Veale‚ A. and Piscitelli‚ B. 1988) This essay will discuss the Value of the Observation Process in Planning for early childhood settings‚ and the role
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DIFFERENT BETWEEN LITERACY PRACTICE AND EVENT Barton and Hamilton (2000) contend that literacy practices are not always directly observable because they involve values‚ attitudes‚ feelings‚ and social relationships. Literacy practices also comprise people’s awareness‚ construction‚ and discourse of literacy as well as how people make sense of literacy. Although Barton and Hamilton recognize that literacy practices are internal to the individual. Practices are also the social processes that connect
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skills. In this essay‚ I will examine the value of play in strengthening children’s learning development considering their physical‚ socio-emotional‚ spiritual and cognitive development. I will also discuss the value of play that is acknowledged by Vygotsky and Piaget considering play as part of learning. Moreover I will examine the teachers’’ role and teaching strategies in relation to theoretical perspectives of play. Play provides open paths to literacy and numeracy. Researches highlighted that
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