SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
DEFINITION
THEORY 1 - ECOLOGICAL THEORY
Our social development means we can function as a member of society (Sam M.S, 2013)
the gradual gaining of skills, relationships, and attitudes that enables a person to interact in society (Sam M.S, 2013)
EXAMPLES
Childhood
Society
Soldiers do not have to hide their sexual preferences in order to serve in the American military. Since (obviously) gay soldiers have been fighting and dying for their country for hundreds of years, acknowledging and allowing homosexuality in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines is a step forward, and a shining example of social development.
Women's Rights - Equality for women, which includes the right to vote and own property, is another important example of social development.
Learning to share with and care for others
Being able to solve problems
Being able to co-operate
Becoming self-aware
Being able to describe how they are feeling
Knowing that Actions have consequences
Uri Bronfenbrenner
He highlighted an equal need between nature(heredity) and nuture(the environment
Implications
Sociocultural
Educators should not group children who have the same language proficiency with those who have less. The classroom should be filled with literature that places equal value on the the language being taught and the student's home language
Ecological
The lesson prepared by the educators to teach must relate to what is socially and culturally current and have meaning in addition to respecting the values of family and the community
In ecological theory, when educators are planning activities for the learners they need to take into consideration the child's background and circumstances
The social-cultural theory is of significance when educating children who are not studying in their mother tongue as it focuses in detail on the importance of motivation, the many identifications concerned in the procedure of learning and the use of an additional language
To demonstrate his theory, he shows children enclosed by four circles each depicting a different set of points that effects children. The four are depicted from the innermost to the outermost.
Mesosystem - the wider surrounds and affects on children's growth are seen here, such as preschool, doctors rooms
Microsystem - which depicts the children's biological family and nurture
Exosystem - this is a wider circle of persons indirectly affecting children such as where parents work, services the family utilise and support networks that they are concerned with
Macrosystem - This is an even wider arrangement that consists of values, customs
THEORY 2 - SOCIOCULTURAL
VYGOTSKY
he believed that social experiences shaped a child's thoughts and how they see the world
He believed that a child uses language to arrange their thoughts
He had three important ideas
Egocentric speech - when a child talks to themselves whilst practicing and going over speech
The zone of Proximal Development - is the difference between what a student can do without help and assistance and what a student can do with help
Scaffolding - when a child communicates with colleagues and grown-ups with more knowledge and more experience, the child is able to function at a higher level with their support