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 of each teacher in facilitating children’s individual learning and development. Observation is a very valuable and important part of the planning
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theoretical framework proposes that social interaction is critical to the development of cognition He states that “Every function in the child’s cultural development appears twice: first‚ on the social level‚ and later‚ on the individual level; first between people (interpsychological) and later inside the child (intrapsychological).” Vygotsky came out with concept of “zone of proximal development” (ZPD)‚ which is the level of development attained when the children engage in social behavior (the distance
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Scaffolding as a Teaching Strategy Rachel R. Van Der Stuyf Adolescent Learning and Development Section 0500A - Fall 2002 November 17‚ 2002 I. Scaffolding as a Teaching Strategy – Definition and Description Scaffolding instruction as a teaching strategy originates from Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and his concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD). “The zone of proximal development is the distance between what children can do by themselves and the next learning that
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Vygotsky: The Social Connection Vygotsky’s concept of the zone of proximal development is based on the idea that development is defined both by what a child can do independently and by what the child can do when assisted by an adult or more competent peer. According to Vygotsky‚ for the curriculum to be developmentally appropriate‚ the teacher must plan activities that encompass not only what children are capable of doing on their own but what they can learn with the help of others. For example
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experience new aspects of learning‚ it challenges children to develop beyond their knowledge and development level. This helps children enable to extend their
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The Role of Learning There are a myriad of methods teachers have in their toolbox to pique the interest of their students. With the research of Piaget‚ Vygotsky‚ Pavlov‚ Watson‚ and Skinner‚ at their disposal‚ teachers should be able to develop lesson plans which enthrall students and help them process information at a deeper level. With a learning perspective in mind‚ teacher’s can utilize the theories of social constructivism‚ individual constructivism‚ and behaviorism to enhance learning in
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Scaffolding Scaffolding is a process used to help the child/learner master a concept or task; it enables the individual to reach higher levels of thinking (i.e. cognitive development) and helps to promote cognitive development throughout the life span. Zhao and Orey (1999) identifies two key rules to successful scaffolding; 1) to help the learner with those aspects of the task that the learner cannot manage on their own; 2) to allow the learner to do as much as he or she can without help (Zhao
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manner. Piaget believes that a child is competent‚ when a child learns new things it just enhances their skills further. Vygotsky also believes that a child is competent‚ yet when they are educated it helps them in the process of the ZPD‚ zone of proximal development. According to Piaget‚ children who are in the preoperational thought stage want to learn a lot. They are continuously asking questions and trying to get answers. They move from an elementary thought process to a more sophisticated way
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Reading as a Childhood Experience As a teacher‚ I have come to greatly value the importance of reading storybooks to children. It is a rich source of values and it can enhance the vocabulary of a child. I see great improvement among my pupils when I started creating literature-based lessons. At the back of my mind‚ I really wish that I had the same experience as a child but I can’t tell for sure. The earliest memory that I have of reading a book was with my elder sister and my mom in our room.
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attempt to work out the theory in practice. For example‚ Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development is well known to educators. Constructivist models of learning and instruction are based on Piaget’s theory. Marie Clay’s highly successful Reading Recovery model of early reading instruction was influenced greatly by Lev Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory‚ and particularly his concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD). So you can see that models are the “children” of theories. They can be thought
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