A part of Piaget’s theory of learning and thinking involves the participation of the child, who must construct and reconstruct knowledge. He claims that for a child to know and construct knowledge of the world, the child must act on objects. This action provides knowledge of those objects. Piaget’s technique to learning is known as a readiness approach. Readiness approach in developmental psychology states that children
CYP 3.1 2.3 Explain how the theories of development frameworks to support development influence current practice Researched from How Children Learn by Linda Pound Jean Piaget - Cognitive Piaget was interested in intellectual development. He identified 4 stages of development from birth through to adulthood. These are Sensorimotor Piaget called the first 2 years of a child's life the sensorimotor stage. This is when babies/toddlers knowledge and understanding are chiefly drawn from physical action and their sight, sound, taste, touch and smell (senses). Preoperational This is the stage from the age of 2 year up to the age of around 6 or 7 years old.
Piaget's Cognative Theory A01 Piaget created a cognitive theory based on the idea that children constructed their knowledge through interaction and consequence. He believed that there were 6 important building blocks to constructing knowledge: The schema: our ideas about actions, Operations: collections of Schemas, Assimilation: using schemas to deal with new situations, Accommodation: modifying schemas to fit new situations that current schemas do not fit, Equilibrium: Situations where you can use existing schemas in new experiences and Disequilibrium: Situations in which you have to adapt your existing schemas to new experiences. Piaget believed that Schemas were our basic form of knowledge, for example, a schema for holding a pen would be to grab that pen. Operations of schemas would be situations where you would need to use more than one schema, for example, writing. You would need to know how to grab the pen and you would also need to know how to move it on the paper.
Unit 331 Child Development Activity 1 Jean Piaget was a psychologist who studied cognitive development in children. He did this by observing, asking questions and listening while the children completed tasks he set them. His theorised that the way children think is led by their age and stage of development and that they are unable to complete certain tasks unless psychologically mature enough. He referred to children as ‘little scientists’ exploring the world around them and learning through experience. Piaget proposed that we all go through four key stages of intellectual growth, which he called schema, where we acquire knowledge and then adapt what we already know.
3. Concrete operations (ages 7-11) – As a child accumulates experience with the physical world, he/she begins to conceptualize to explain those experiences. Abstract thought is also emerging. 4. Formal operations (beginning at ages 11-15) – Conceptual reasoning is present and the child’s cognitive abilities are similar to an adult’s (Atherton, 2010).
They both agreed that children’s cognitive development took places in stages, but however were distinguished by the different styles of thinking. Piaget was the first to reveal that children reason and think differently at different periods in their lives. He believed that all children progress through four different four different stages. These four stages are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational. The first stage of his cognitive development is the sensorimotor stage this happens between birth and two years old.
First step is children to select the topic. Second step is field sites visits. Introduction The project approach model is an in-depth investigation of a topic related to the real world around children. “Including project work in the curriculum promotes children's intellectual development by engaging their minds in observation and investigation of selected aspects of their experience and environment. (Katz & Chard, 2000, p. 2)” The two essential elements of the project approach are “child-centered activities” and “social reconstruction”.
Jean Piaget’s theory was based on systematic (schema) study for our cognitive development. Piaget believed that there were stages that you had to achieve in order to move on to the next. The order of the stages: Piagets theory came in to place by observing children. A way of applying his theory to the classroom is “use concrete props and visual aids whenever possible...” (McLendon, 2011) In my practice we set up activities for each individual need of each child to help them progress through the stage of the theory which links to Piagets theory. Lev Vygotsky’s theory was based on social/emotional development needs to show demonstration/imagination to allow a child to progress.
Theoretical Basis and Research Attachment theory explains the role that the dynamic relationship between a child and caregiver plays in shaping an individual’s interpersonal relationships (Bowlby, 1969). One of the central tenets of attachment theory is the concept that children form internal working models of attachment based on the children’s thoughts about themselves and the children’s expectation about their caregiver’s availability and responsiveness (Bowlby, 1973). Working models allow children to develop cognitive schemas about themselves and others in order to predict and plan for the responsiveness of the caregiver. Early attachment relationships teach children how to regulate internal and external stimulation. In response to fear, children develop patterned behaviors in order to manage the stress, difficulty, and overwhelming situations.
CYP 3.2 1.1 Explain the factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development There are many factors that need to be taken into account when assessing development. Confidentiality and when, for the safety of the child or young person, confidentiality must be breached. You need to be mindful about the children’s wishes and feelings. You also need to be mindful about the child’s ethnic, linguistic and cultural background. You need to take into account if they have a disability or specific requirements (Additional needs).