Stages Of Development Case Study

3. Stages of Development
a. At both of my placements, students were located in Erik Erikson’s stage four of development which is industry vs. inferiority. This includes students age 5-12. In this stage, students are learning how to do different things. For example, with kindergarten, they were learning the routines and expectations of school as well as subject information. With 4th graders, they are learning more complex areas of their education like decimals. Also in this stage, they are learning the importance of social interactions and friendships. Students at this stage tend to base his/her self-worth on his/her friends and how each individual compares to society expectations. For example, if a student isn’t athletic he/she may struggle
Strengths/Gifted/Advanced
a. Kindergarten: We did not have any gifted or advanced students in our class. All of our students were at the same level and were low compared to other classes my teacher has had. She does not start differentiating until after winter break.
b. 4th grade: I was not able to work with any of our advanced students in subject areas. For example, for math, the teachers split up the classes based on ability. There was one section of challenge math (highest level), one section of advanced math, three sections of mid-level, and one remedial section. I was with a mid-level group while the students who were advanced in my class would go to another teacher. A similar situation happened with Language Arts. We kept our homeroom class, but two of my students would leave to go to challenge
Kindergarten: In kindergarten, we didn’t deal with culture differences. We had quite a few issues with family however. Quite a few of our students came from divorced families. This made communication difficult. Specifically, a couple of students who were having issues in class. For example, we would communicate with mom, but would be unable to reach dad or we would come up with a solution with dad but mom wouldn’t follow through. With the divorced families, we experienced a lot of communication errors. The Annandale school district pulls students from a wide variety of socioeconomically backgrounds and came from very different communities. Annandale pulls students from Clearwater, Fairhaven, South Haven, and Annandale. To make sure that students would not feel the effect of their socioeconomically status, we did things such as community snack, pooling school supplies so students wouldn’t feel different, and providing extra supplies for students who weren’t able to bring in their own when required. Annandale also has a program called the Angel Fund. An anonymous donor(s) provide extra money for teachers to help students in need. When families are unable to pay for lunch, extra supplies, or fieldtrips the fund will cover the