Jean Piaget and Jerome Bruner are two theorists who have both had an effect on education over the past century. The process of teaching and learning used by mathematics teachers has been greatly contributed to by Piaget and Bruner. Constructivism is based on the ideas formed by Piaget and Bruner‚ “a theory that views the child as creating knowledge by acting on experience gained from the world and then finding meaning in it.” (Sperry-Smith‚ Van De Walle‚ Karp and Bay-Williams‚ 2012‚ p.10). Jean
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BRIEF HISTORY Jerome Bruner was born in New York City on October 1‚ 1915. He attended and received his B.A. from Duke University in 1937 and his Ph.D from Harvard University in 1941. As an American psychologist‚ he has contributed greatly to cognitive psychology and the cognitive learning theory in educational psychology‚ as well as to history and the general philosophy of education. He was on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University from 1952 – 1972. He published his
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Vygotsky & Cognitive Development Vygotsky believes that young children are curious and actively involved in their own learning and the discovery and development of new understandings/schema. Vygotsky placed more emphasis on social contributions to the process of development‚ whereas Piaget emphasized self-initiated discovery. According to Vygotsky‚ much important learning by the child occurs through social interaction with a skillful tutor. The tutor may model behaviors and/or provide
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Vygotsky’s Theory of Learning Vygotsky’s main concern is that social interaction and social context‚ a world full of other people‚ who interact with the child from birth onwards‚ are essential in the cognitive development. He states that "Every function in the child’s cultural development appears twice: first‚ on the social level‚ and later‚ on the individual level; first‚ between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention
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Swachh Bharat or Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Campaign Clean India) is a national level campaign by the Government of India covering 4041 statutory towns to clean the streets‚ roads and infrastructure of the country. HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Abhiyan l cite_note-1 1 HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Abhiyan l cite_note-2 2 HYPERLINK http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swachh_Bharat_Abhiyan l cite_note-Zee_News-3 3 This campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014
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Skinner and his Contributions to Psychology University of Phoenix BEH/225 Skinner and his Contributions to Psychology Burrhus Fredric Skinner is an American psychologist and behaviorist. He has made many contributions to psychology and most are still used today. They are used to treat some phobias and addictive behaviors in humans. He also thought of radical behaviorism which is his own philosophy of science.
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2.3 Explain how current practice is influenced by Theories of development and frameworks to support development. Maslow Maslow believed that everyone has fundamental needs that must be met in order for each person to reach their full potential. These needs include warmth‚ food and shelter as well as demonstrations of love and having their confidence and self-esteem boosted. In a Play School setting we can achieve these needs by caring for the children in a certain way. We can ensure that the
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Jerome Bruner (1915 - ) Constructivism & Discovery Learning Biography Born New York City‚ October 1‚ 1915. He received his A.B. degree from Duke University in 1937 and his Ph.D in 1947 from Harvard. He was on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.from 1952 - 1972. In 1960 Bruner published The Process of Education. This was a landmark book which led to much experimentation and a broad range of educational programs in the 1960’s. Howard Gardner and other
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In a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine‚ researchers from the Center for Healthful Behavior Change at NYU School of Medicine discovered positive reinforcement‚ such as “receiving‚ unexpected gifts and introducing upbeat thoughts into daily routines” can aid patients with high blood pressure take their medication on time and stay on track. Said discovery is vital because poor blood pressure can progress to heart problems and death. For this study‚ 256 black patients with high
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called Lev Vygotsky looked and studied how children play and learn he believed that “children are active in their learning” Tassoni 2007:70. Vygotsky believed that children’s play and learning is similar to scaffolding‚ by this he meant that children should be helped and guided but still have the choice to make their own decisions to some extent‚ Vygotsky theory enables practitioners to see how a child learn without to much encouragement‚ this allows us to see a child’s preferred learning style. It
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