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Unit 1: Understanding Development Unit Question:

& Diversity

What characteristics do our

students bring to the
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Problem in Practice: Principles of Development

A group of vocal parents wants you to

introduce workbooks to teach basic arithmetic
to your Kindergarten class (4- and 5-year
olds). They seem to think that “play” with
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blocks, sand, water, clay, and so on is “wasted
time.” How would you respond?

Nature & Nurture

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The way one thinks develops over time. Theories of Cognitive Development

Piaget
Vygotsky
Information Processing
Cognitive
Development

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Jean Piaget (1896-1980)

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The process of coming to know Stages of Cognitive Development

Schemes

Adaptation

Assimilation
Accommodation
Equilibration 9 10

The child begins to interact with the The child begins to represent the world
environment symbolically.

Sensorimotor Preoperational
Birth – 2 years 2 – 7 years

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The child learns rules such as conservation. The adolescent can transcend concrete
situations and think about the future.

Concrete Operational Formal Operational

7 – 11 years 11 years +
Grades 2 - 6 Grade 6+

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Next class:

Personal, Social, and Moral Development

Prep: Read Chapter 3

Bring textbook to class

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