Parent Letter On Philosophy Research Paper
Parent Letter on Philosophy
Michele Donegan
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on August 24, 2014 for Melissa O’Connors EC100/EEC1700 Foundations of Child Development class.
Parent Letter on Philosophy
Dear Parents, My name is Ms., Michele, I am one of your child’s teachers in Step Ups. I am so happy to have this opportunity to work with your child and your family. There are quite a few theories on how children learn, grow, and develop from birth. I would like to share with you some of my views on how I believe children learn.
I connect the most with a psychologist named Albert Bandura, his theory is the Social Learning Theory.(Bandura 1961). In his …show more content…
I see it with my son and his friends. If one of his friends is playing in a puddle then all the rest of them have to do it also. I see this theory working everyday with my son, just recently our cat was sick, so when we came home one day from visiting the cat at the vets, he came in and started saying his stuffed animal dog had to go to the vet. He said his dog had eaten something that he should not have and had to get a surgery to get it out. This is exactly what our cat had to get done. I also see it with the kids I teach at my center. For example; I have a little girl, (let’s say her name is Molly), that screams every time she does not get her way or does not get a toy she wants. Just recently a little boy I have ( let’s say his name is John) seems to start screaming when Molly screams, not because he wants something or does not get his way, he does it because he hears Molly doing it, and figures he should do it too. That is what the social learning theory really is all about. How children learn is as follows; I feel children learn their physical skills from exploring the world around them. When children are infants they will first explore with their site, and as they grow they will explore with their hands and feet. . Also from watching other family members doing things. Parents also encourage children by for example ;( standing a child up and letting him bounce …show more content…
Everyone in the world needs to be able to communicate in some way. For example; (take Victor the wild boy from Aveyron, he was not raised in a human social environment, and so he was not socially accepted in the world. Therefore it is a child’s parents and care givers job to make sure that they are socially developed. I have developed this philosophy from a couple different theorist such as Albert Bandura, B. F. Skinner, and Urie Bronfenbrenner. I relate to these theorist because I have seen their theory’s in action with a lot of children I have taken care of. Here at our center we do activity’s that will help all of your child’s developmental milestones. I feel my philosophy will help your children by focusing on their individual learning skills. Every child learns at their own pace and different
Michele Donegan
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on August 24, 2014 for Melissa O’Connors EC100/EEC1700 Foundations of Child Development class.
Parent Letter on Philosophy
Dear Parents, My name is Ms., Michele, I am one of your child’s teachers in Step Ups. I am so happy to have this opportunity to work with your child and your family. There are quite a few theories on how children learn, grow, and develop from birth. I would like to share with you some of my views on how I believe children learn.
I connect the most with a psychologist named Albert Bandura, his theory is the Social Learning Theory.(Bandura 1961). In his …show more content…
I see it with my son and his friends. If one of his friends is playing in a puddle then all the rest of them have to do it also. I see this theory working everyday with my son, just recently our cat was sick, so when we came home one day from visiting the cat at the vets, he came in and started saying his stuffed animal dog had to go to the vet. He said his dog had eaten something that he should not have and had to get a surgery to get it out. This is exactly what our cat had to get done. I also see it with the kids I teach at my center. For example; I have a little girl, (let’s say her name is Molly), that screams every time she does not get her way or does not get a toy she wants. Just recently a little boy I have ( let’s say his name is John) seems to start screaming when Molly screams, not because he wants something or does not get his way, he does it because he hears Molly doing it, and figures he should do it too. That is what the social learning theory really is all about. How children learn is as follows; I feel children learn their physical skills from exploring the world around them. When children are infants they will first explore with their site, and as they grow they will explore with their hands and feet. . Also from watching other family members doing things. Parents also encourage children by for example ;( standing a child up and letting him bounce …show more content…
Everyone in the world needs to be able to communicate in some way. For example; (take Victor the wild boy from Aveyron, he was not raised in a human social environment, and so he was not socially accepted in the world. Therefore it is a child’s parents and care givers job to make sure that they are socially developed. I have developed this philosophy from a couple different theorist such as Albert Bandura, B. F. Skinner, and Urie Bronfenbrenner. I relate to these theorist because I have seen their theory’s in action with a lot of children I have taken care of. Here at our center we do activity’s that will help all of your child’s developmental milestones. I feel my philosophy will help your children by focusing on their individual learning skills. Every child learns at their own pace and different