Chapter nine’s outline consisted of 1. What are three views of the cognitive changes that occur in early childhood? 2. How do young children develop language? And 3. What are some important features of young children’s education? Piaget’s theory and Vygotsky’s theory and their difference of opinions were interesting to compare. Piaget’s theory that children develop their thinking and understanding through their actions with the physical world compared to Vygotsky’s theory that children develop their thinking and understanding through their social experiences I think social experiences have a higher influencing factor on a child’s development. “Buds” and “Flowers” Vygotsky referred to these two items as how children develop by having interaction
Chapter Nine Summary New hearing sermonic form is the content of chapter nine. In this form, it takes an example from Jesus’s famous Sermon on the Mount and applies it to a form of preaching for a pastor to correct any misunderstandings that is associated with culture bending God’s truths in biblical text (Allen Jr., 65). An inductive form, often the congregation does not know where the preacher is going with the sermon, and the itch is created incrementally (65). The pastor carefully presents a common belief among unbelievers and believers alike that leads to a plausible question concerning the misunderstanding (66). The key is to convince the hearers that there is good reason to explore the common interpretation and reconsider their belief.
Vygotsky is more describe as historical theory. Which focus on the interaction of social and culture vygotsky is to see the complex mental activities that children can interact with. Vygotsky deals more with nurture and the connections of our environment. It plays an important role to allow children to development and perform difficult tasks. Piaget and Vygotsky are similar from their two theory of learning development that
Genesis chapter 9 opens with the blessings of God on Noah and his children (Gen. 9:1). The devastation of the flood has passed. Now God establishes a covenant with the remaining inhabits and instructs them to go into the world and replenish it (Gen. 9:1-17). Here in these early days of reestablishing the nations of the earth an interesting interaction takes place. Noah had planted a vineyard and made wine (Gen. 9:20-21).
The sensorimotor is considered birth through 24 months, preoperational is considered toddlerhood through age seven, the concrete operational period is age 7-12, and formal operational is adolescence through adulthood. He also believed that children were more independent and developed stronger with self-centered and focused, planned activities. Vygotsky believed that cognitive development is continuous and that children are social beings and that their development is directed through social interactions. Even though Piaget and Vygotsky hold different views concerning developmental phycology the use of both theories in classrooms is advantageous, students will have more opportunities to learn through play in the classroom. Developmentally Appropriate Practice is seen with focused activities, as well as social learning on the child’s own.
Piaget and Vygotsky provide their distinct differences in their theories; however they share many similarities. These two theorists expanded their beliefs in how they thought a child would progress throughout the years of growing. This brought many different opinions as well as some advantages to each of their theories. Some of the differences between the two theorists are derived from the theoretical experiences and language, culture, and education. Piaget and Vygotsky both shared a common knowledge from either having training or background as biologists.
The famous Swiss developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget in his theory also become our main source of theory to study about child development and changed the way we think about how children develop. His theory was important because he saw children as an active participants in their own learning. Between the four stages that have been stated in this Piaget theory, it is important to know which are the main stage that playing a crucial role because from there we know which one is shaping the most of development of a child. 1.1 The influence of nature versus nurture on child development.
Cognitive development is a process which enhancing the ability of learning. The cognitive theories emphasize on conscious thoughts which highlight the mental aspects of development such as logic and memory. The primary factors of cognitive theories is the structure and development of the individual’s thought processes and the means of these processes can effort the person’s understanding of the world. Therefore, the cognitive theories study on how this understanding, and the expectations it creates, can affect the individual’s behavior. There are three types of cognitive development theories in human which are Piaget’s Cognitive development theory, Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Cognitive theory and Information-Processing theory.
His greatest strength was his research which has allowed educators, psychologists, and parents to have a greater understanding of a child’s developmental level. According to Lourenco (2012), Piaget believed that children would find the most benefit by working and learning in an educational setting that was at their own level (p. 284). As a result of his research, Piaget encouraged a comprehensive educational system that focused on the understanding of children. Thomas (2005) describe some of the weaknesses of Piaget’s theory, which include the fact that he often underestimated the ability of a child’s intellect.
After watching this weeks video and reading chapter nine, the implications this chapter will have on me when I interact with infants and toddlers is now I can help and understand the language development and learning of children between the ages of birth to 36 months of age. Also, by knowing this information about language development will help understand at infants and toddlers are going through at certain stages. I can see now what children can say at what ages of life. In chapter nine, the information that surprised me the most was the language development that happens at each stage of life. Also the strategies to encourage language learning, I found these strategies very interesting and I enjoyed reading them.
There are two theorists associated with cognitive development; Piaget and Vygotsky. Piaget believes that things children learn and do are organized as schemes, groups of similar actions and thoughts are repeated in response to the environment. Vygotsky believes that thoughts and language are separate functions for infants and toddlers. This is important for me to know because when teaching my first graders using Piaget’s belief that children curiosity to adapt to their environment, will help me in setting up my classroom so as to provide the friendliest environmental atmosphere. Another useful belief of Piaget that I intend to use, is by exploring and manipulating physical objects, children gain a relationship with their physical environment.
Based on the book, there have been numerous similarities and some differences regarding the theoretical developmental process of a child’s language and thought, viewed by Piaget and Vygotsky. Let me start by saying, although Piaget have stated his points, some can’t necessarily be proven; for instance, his idea of a child thinking syncretically is incorrect, since syncretism won’t extend over such a large area. Stern, a German who did his own experiment at a German kindergarten, found a different response from that of which Piaget stated, also those of Russia and Geneva; not to mention, other parts of the world. Stern was able to get a greater response from those children engaged in a group activity. With the varying results, it is clear to
Piaget and Vygotsky’s theories have both supporters and critics in modern scholarship. The supporters of Piaget included scholars such as Lourenco, & Machado in their article In Defense of Piaget 's Theory: A Reply to 10 Common Criticisms (1996). Vygotsky has supporters such as Karpov in the work The Neo-Vygotskian Approach to Child Development (2005). These are just examples of the scholarship surrounding Piaget and Vygotsky, and both being peer reviewed and acclaimed presents them as a reliable example of the continued importance of both
As for Piaget, interaction with peers is more effective than those with people carrying higher skills and capabilities. The reason is that peers’ ability is almost equivalent with each other. So that it is not stressful for people to express different views. Consequently, cognitive development is promoted by interaction with peers through cognitive conflicts. On the contrary, cognitive development is motivated by interaction with people such as teachers and parents in Vygotsky’s theory (Vygotsky,1978).
Theories that as future educator will need to be understood and explored. Some if not all these theory’s will be used in the classroom. Vygotsky, Piaget, Bruner, and Bloom all set out to establish a foundation for education, whether through building skills such as pre-reading, language, vocabulary, and numeracy. It becomes the educators job to implement theories into the classroom for children's cognitive development. The theorist discussed in this paper, have had made a profound effect on
These theories really expanded and informed me about child development because it dealt with the child’s thinking process as well as how they progress in life. Jean Piaget viewed child development on their efforts and how they acted upon it which geared towards conginite development. It consisted of four stages: sensorimotor,preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. His idea of adoption correlates with my perspective because it is impressive to see how the child adapts to certain information. Also with his perspective of the four cognitive stages due to the child’s life span “mental operations evolve from learning based on simple sensory and motor activity to logical, abstract thought” due their development as the years go by (Martorell, 2013, pg.