What is Scaffolding Theory? The Scaffolding Theory is based on the Social Development Theory of Learning by Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Vygotsky’s theory is that "social interaction plays a functional role in the process of cognitive development" (Encyclopedia of Educational Technology). The term "scaffolding" comes from the works of Wood‚ Bruna‚ and Ross (1976) and is meant to represent the support and assistance provided by the teacher or mentor in the learning process. "Scaffolding" is
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Adulthood is greatly shaped by the experiences of an individual from their childhood and how they developed during that stage of their life. A child’s cognitive and physical development along with early emotional attachments to their primary caregivers is an important aspect in that child’s life as it will depict their behaviour in various situations as an adult. The purpose of this essay is to critically discuss the early emotional attachment’s implications in regards to the type of attachment Thando
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Consider applications to education (16 marks) AO2 Piaget believed in the progress of a child’s cognitive development through schooling and has an individualist approach in the way in which the child is an active participant and is responsible for their own learning. According to Piaget‚ cognitive development occurs as the result of maturation. You cannot teach a child certain activities before they are biologically ready‚ for example trying to reach a pre-operationalized child to perform abstract
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Discuss applications of theories of cognitive development to education Piaget’s approach to education is based around the concept of readiness. Children can’t develop specific cognitive abilities until they reach an appropriate level of maturation. Therefore‚ for a child to learn‚ the activities need to be at the correct level of mental operation. Children at one development stage are not ready to learn concepts of a higher stage. At each stage of cognitive development‚ there are differences
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children and adolescents are the primary focus. The prevalence‚ adversities‚ and treatment of the depression are discussed as well. After exploring these few facets of the disorder‚ I will talk briefly about the Ecological Model developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner and Morris in 1998 that is used by counselors to help evaluate and assess the children who are referred by teachers or medical physicians. Major Depressive Disorder and Societies Youth Major Depressive Disorder in the DSM IV is determined
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individual’s intelligence has much supporting evidence stating that environmental factors such as education have a greater effect than genetic influences. “It is not nature vs. nurture‚ but the interaction of nature and nurture that drives development” (Bronfenbrenner 1992). This supports that both environmental factors and genetics interact together in order to form an overall context of a child’s development. Personality is defined as "An individual’s pattern of psychological processes arising from motives
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Events that happen in an adolescent’s life can affect one of three domains; these three domains are known as ‘psychosocial’ ‘cognitive’ and ‘biophysical’. This essay will focus on the area of the cognition domain now this domain will be discussed in relation to an event that has affected my perception of the world around me‚ the way I feel in relation to blame and judgment and lastly the ability to learn how to be more reflective. My perception on life changed rapidly when I was informed of
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Mathematics in the National Curriculum Introduction This report will focus on the mathematical theme of counting. Also exploring how children can learn the concepts related to counting through everyday activities at home or in the school. The report will also discuss theories of learning and how they have been applied to the design and planning of the lesson. The curriculum The national curriculum states that a child must be able to: “Count on and back in tens or hundreds from any two- or
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The purpose of this assignment is to examine an aspect of one child’s development based on a series of observations you have made. In addition to informing your own understanding of development and learning‚ you can also consider how your findings can help you to identify ways of supporting the child’s development. Abstract This report will look at Observations within a Haringey Early Years setting and on one Child. I will make five various observations over a period of time. I will examine the
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identity. Success or failure in dealing with the conflicts at each stage can impact overall functioning. During the adolescent stage‚ for example‚ failure to develop an identity results in the roll of confusion. Another psychologist named Lev Vygotsky proposed a seminal learning theory that has gone on to become very influential‚ especially in the field of education. He believed that children learn actively and through hands-on experiences. His sociocultural theory also suggested that parents
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