Everything must be in your own word. Not a repeat from the sources
Understanding Piaget
Video explaining;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkfklZR9V4w&feature=youtu.be
PowerPoint attached below
- Piaget is considered a cognitive developmental theorist.Explain what this means in your own words.
- Piaget is also considered a stage theorist.Explain what this means in your own words.
- List and describe at least two (2) of Piaget’s key ideas about cognitive development.
- Piaget lists four (4) stages of development.Name/List each of the four stages.
- What are three (3) main characteristics of Piaget’s sensorimotor thought stage?Briefly explain each.
- What are three (3) main characteristics of Piaget’s preoperational thought stage?Briefly explain each.
- What are three (3) main characteristics of Piaget’s concrete operational thought stage?Briefly explain each.
- What are two (2) main characteristics of Piaget’s formal operational thought stage?Briefly explain each.
- Now, how can understanding Piaget be applied to education?ReadPiaget and Education.Out of the six applications listed, which three (3) do you think are most important and why?(Please write a few lines in your own words describing why you think each of the three applications is important to education.)
Understanding Vygotsky
Video explaining
s://youtu.be/MKwpp2VPt2Y
Website source:
https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores?language=en
PowerPoint attached
1.Vygotskyis considered a sociocultural developmental theorist.Explain what this means in your own words.
2.Vygotsky developed the theory of the Zone of Proximal Development.Explain this theory using your own words.
3.Vygotsky believed that scaffolding was essential to learning and cognitive development.In your own words, describe scaffolding.
4.Apprenticeship training is important to Vygotsky.Describe in your own words apprenticeship training and why it is useful in the classroom.
5.Now, how can understanding Vygotsky be applied to education?ReadTeaching Strategies.Out of the six applications listed, which three (3) do you think are most important and why?(Please write a few lines in your own words describing why you think each of the three applications is important to education.)