1. HOUSEKEEPING
Pennsylvania Dept. of Education ….keeps changing things all the time!
PRAXIS update: Passed some…April OK; Taken nothing…wait for the new test PAPA
Save the Date…March 29th Urban Field Trip
Test on Tuesday…
Who are YOU?...
Beginning Chapter 4

2. Who are you? Multiple Intelligence Strengths & Weaknesses GRIT scale
Patterns of Coordination
Dunn & Dunn Learning Style Inventory
REFLECTIONS: WHAT DID I LEARN ABOUT MYSELF?
Which concepts do you see as consistent with your view of yourself? Your actions?
Which concepts are Inconsistent?
What new information did you learn about yourself?
How can this help make you a more intentional teacher? A better teacher educator?

3. Learning and Developing from Birth to Age 8: Who we teach
ECED 263 ~ Part Two
Learning and Developing from Birth to Age 8: Who we teach

4. Informed Decisions about who we teach
Developmentally appropriate: Consider what is known about development and learning of children within a given age range
Individually appropriate: Consider what is known about each child individually ~ personality, strengths, interests, abilities
Culturally appropriate: Consider what is known about the social and cultural contexts in which children live ~
Knowledge is substantial and changes over time!

5. Applying what we know about children’s learning and development
Chapter 4
Applying what we know about children’s learning and development

6. Yvonne in action Planning…draws on children’s interests
Integrated literacy instruction with science
Small-group projects; large-group meetings
Physically active; engages children’s minds
Asks probing questions
Meets and cooperates with special ed team
Observes everyday; wonders
Designs an experiment; records; contemplates
Plans play sessions based on results

7. Theory practice Theories of child development and learning
Inform and influence our practice
Research on brain development & implications
Important role of play
Reggio Emilia approach

8. What is development?
Age-related change that results from an interaction between biological maturation and physical and/or social experiences
Identifies and explains the persistent, cumulative, and progressive changes in the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children and adolescents
Occurs as children grow, adapt, and change in response to various experiences

9. Basic Issues in Development
Nature and Nurture
Nature (genetics) - Inherited influences on growth and functioning
Nurture – influence of factors in children’s environment
Diversity and Universality
Universality - Developmental changes that occur in just about everyone
Diversity - Changes that are highly individual and idiosyncratic
Qualitative and Quantitative Changes
Qualitative - Characterized by sudden or dramatic changes in behavior or thinking
Quantitative - Occurs as a gradual progression or trend with small additions in thinking or behavior

10. What is learning?
A change in knowledge, or skill that results from experience or instruction
Sometimes development leads learning
Developmental levels can limit learning
Sometimes learning can drive development

11. Relationship: Theory, Research & practice
Where do theories come from?
Theory derives from a hypothesis – a tentative explanation of a phenomena
Role of research…theories evolve, are discarded, or replaced with new ones
Role of culture – cautious interpretation!

12. Why study child development?
Grow & Change is rapid from birth – 8 yrs.
Helps teachers in many ways:
Set and evaluate achievable goals in an age range & challenge children
Accurately interpret children’s behaviors
Base planning on predictable sequences of development & learning
Predict kinds of experiences that are interesting & meaningful
Use information about typical and atypical development to identify and diagnose

13. THEORIST- Meet the experts!
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erickson
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
B. F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
Play (read Vygotsky too)
Read Text
Internet check
Slides
Who are they?
Theory - 2 slides
How theory works in practice
Implications for practice
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14. Blog Repsonse Blog Response Read – Explore
What is your “felt sense” after reading the article?
Is it consistent with what you are reading?
How does the work at Kopila Valley connect to what you read?
How can you make a difference in the lives of children?
TUESDAY, MAR. 19 before class
Read –
Jonas Lehr “Frontal Cortex”
Explore
Maggie Doyne and Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School