Developmental Psychology : 3rd Class
Emotional Development
Erikson
Psychosocial Development
Stage 4: Industry Vs. Inferiority
Industry: Child develops a sense of competence and aquires new skills
Inferiority: Lack of confidence, peers can contribute to negative feelings through comparisons
Children learn by comparing themselves to others
Influenced by their peers and teachers
As teachers, we must encourage the child to reach their full potential in the classroom in order for them to succeed socially as a lack of encouragement can cause them to become inferior and doubht their abilities
Social Development
Bandura
Social Learning Theory.
Behaviour is learned through observation of others through modelling, imitation and observational learning
The child follows the examples of their peers, parents and teachers
Child can learn positive or negative behaviours
Everything you do as a teacher effectively becomes an example for children
If the child is exposed to positive behaviour in the classroom they will imitate this
If a child is exposed to negative behaviour, eg. a child hitting a playmate they are led to believe this kind of behaviour is acceptable
Negative comparisons should be discouraged
Encourage self praise
Physical Development
At this stage, the child's strength and stamina increases
Aged 7-11 years
Cognitive Development
Lev Vygotsky
Learning in the classroom is caused by social interactions
Children construct their own meaning through appropriation
Scaffolding
Jean Piaget
Concrete Material Stage (7-11 years)
child learns actively
changes occur in childs behaviour, concepts, knowledge and ideas
Child as a scientist
Teachers should deomstrate hands-on learning activites by allowing the child to make observations and develop ideas
Child discovers concepts using prior knowledge
Child uses logic to develop thoughts
In the Maths curriculum, the child comes to recognise that a specific quantity of any given liquid remains consistent whether it is measured as one whole measurement or in two half measurements
Use of concrete materials
Using a ruler in maths to meausre the length of a line in centimeters or in milimeters
Use of visual aids
Help the child to develop strategies eg. classification
Make the child's role in a task slightly easier
Focus their thoughts on questioning, prompting , modelling
Encourage reflective thinking on their performance during appropriate tasks
Pair the weak students with the more competent students to allow ideas to be shared
Zone of Proximal Development
Gap between what the child has already mastered and what they can achieve when given the necessary educational support
Behaviourism
Behaviours are learned through interactions with the environment
Classical Conditioning
Pavlov
Involuntary learning occurs through stimulus response
Sociocultural Theory
learning becomes integrated into an indiviuals
Child's stamina and strength increases at this age
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Theory of Cognitive Development
Child is allowed to use a scissors to cut complex shapes eg. cutting 3D shapes in a maths lesson
Child must get 11 hours of sleep to ensure they will have enough energy for the following day
Weight and height increases
Sufficient to do sixty minutes a day