1. Teaching the Growing Child Assessment One Hayley Fitzgerald 100641713 EDU70004

2. QUESTION ONE: WHO ARE TWO OF THE KEY COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORISTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT?

3. Cognitive Development Theorists O Jean Piaget O Lev Vygotsky

4. Jean Piaget O Four stages of thinking: qualitatively different from each other O Schema: understanding of environment they live O Assimilation: adding information to schema O Shows evidence of continuing cognitive development O Accommodation: develop new schema if idea doesn’t fit in a current schema O Adaption: learning new information; making schema more accurate

5. Lev Vygotsky O Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD): O Present Level of Development: capabilities when alone O Potential Level of Development: capabilities when with MKO. O More Knowledgeable Other (MKO): adults or peers

6. QUESTION TWO: WHO ARE TWO OF THE KEY MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORISTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

7. Moral Development Theorists O Jean Piaget O Lawrence Kohlberg

8. Jean Piaget O Relates closely to intellectual development O Children can be at different development stages for different situations O Children judge act’s seriousness by its consequences

9. Lawrence Kohlberg O Three views: preconventional, conventional, postcoventional O Promotes moral development to adulthood O Exposure to conflict allows development O Go from heteronomous to autonomous: make decisions based on own experiences

10. QUESTION THREE: WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF COGNITIVE AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

11. Importance of Understanding O Children learnt through modelling behaviour of adults and peers O Skills to understand students behaviour O Without understanding frustration and chaos may occur.

12. QUESTION FOUR: HOW WILL KNOWING ABOUT THEORIES OF COGNITIVE AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT HELP YOU IN YOUR TEACHING PRACTICE?

13. Theories and Teaching Practice O Understand behaviour: minimize classroom problems O Become MKO for students to continue their development O Gear lesson plan towards development stage

14. QUESTION FIVE: CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLASSROOM? IN YOUR EXAMPLE, PLEASE SPECIFY THE GRADE TO WHICH YOUR EXAMPLE APPLIES.

15. Cognitive Development Example O Sink or float O Grade four: ages 9/10years O Concrete operation stage O Assimilation: students add to their schema. O MKO: teacher and peer; group members

16. QUESTION SIX: CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLASSROOM? IN YOUR EXAMPLE, PLEASE SPECIFY THE GRADE TO WHICH YOUR EXAMPLE APPLIES.

17. Moral Development Example O Grade 5; age 10/11 years O Conventional view of development O Create a role play to react to given situation O Discuss as a group O Assists in forming reasoning abilities.

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