Kindergarten and Piaget
Kindergarten and Piaget
Child Development
Instructor: Jaclyn Scott
December 17, 2013
As a preschool teacher, I am responsible for ensuring that I provide my students with engaging experiences through discovery learning as well as making sure that I am supporting the interests of the children in the classroom. Using Piaget 's Stage theories, children cannot do certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so and was believed that children go through four stages which narrowed down certain points in a child 's cognitive growth where their capabilities and understanding were critical. The four stages that he outlined are the Sensori-motor stage (0-2), Pre-operational stage (2-7), Concrete operational stage (7-11) and finally Formal Operational stage (11 and up). Piaget 's Stage theory states that every child progresses through each of these stages, and they do it all in the same order (Atherton, 2013) . Piaget covers how children gain knowledge about objects and our reflections on our own actions, Piaget’s model of development explains a number of features by showing how children progressively enrich their understanding of things by acting on and reflecting on the effects of their own previous knowledge, and are able to organize their knowledge in complex structures. The classroom that I will be teaching is kindergarten, which puts my students in the Pre-operational Stage. In the kindergarten classroom, the students are aged 4-5 and they are currently in the intuitive thinking period (Lefrançois, 2012). Intuitive Thinking- Reasoning based on mental images, on feelings rather than on logic Transductive - Reasoning from particular to particular; conclusions on the basis of a single example Egocentric- Inject personal point of view into equation; inability to adopt another 's point of view In the Pre-operational stage children learn to use language and to represent objects by images
Child Development
Instructor: Jaclyn Scott
December 17, 2013
As a preschool teacher, I am responsible for ensuring that I provide my students with engaging experiences through discovery learning as well as making sure that I am supporting the interests of the children in the classroom. Using Piaget 's Stage theories, children cannot do certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so and was believed that children go through four stages which narrowed down certain points in a child 's cognitive growth where their capabilities and understanding were critical. The four stages that he outlined are the Sensori-motor stage (0-2), Pre-operational stage (2-7), Concrete operational stage (7-11) and finally Formal Operational stage (11 and up). Piaget 's Stage theory states that every child progresses through each of these stages, and they do it all in the same order (Atherton, 2013) . Piaget covers how children gain knowledge about objects and our reflections on our own actions, Piaget’s model of development explains a number of features by showing how children progressively enrich their understanding of things by acting on and reflecting on the effects of their own previous knowledge, and are able to organize their knowledge in complex structures. The classroom that I will be teaching is kindergarten, which puts my students in the Pre-operational Stage. In the kindergarten classroom, the students are aged 4-5 and they are currently in the intuitive thinking period (Lefrançois, 2012). Intuitive Thinking- Reasoning based on mental images, on feelings rather than on logic Transductive - Reasoning from particular to particular; conclusions on the basis of a single example Egocentric- Inject personal point of view into equation; inability to adopt another 's point of view In the Pre-operational stage children learn to use language and to represent objects by images
References: Atherton J S (2013) Learning and Teaching; Piaget 's developmental theory. retrieved from http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.htm Huitt, W., & Hummel, J. (2003). Piaget 's theory of cognitive development. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved from: http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cognition/piaget.html Lefrancois, G. R. (2012). Children 's journeys: Exploring early childhood. Retrieved from: https://content.ashford.edu