2) Are you a flexible teacher? If so‚ explain how. Yes‚ I am a flexible teacher. I am completely aware of the fact that all students are not the same‚ some are fast learners and some are slow learners‚ some learn best in auditory manner and others through visual media. I am flexible in the sense that I address these differences and make it a point to respond to their different needs. 3) What will you do to modify your teaching to meet the needs of a gifted student? A gifted student in the midst
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Benefits of peer support Peer support refers to some form of help given out by friends‚ colleagues‚ or family members when a person is doing something or is in need of something. It may be a need to learn a difficult subject in school‚ a need to be heard with personal problems‚ a need to learn a new task‚ or a need to be assisted in different things. Peer support could be in the form of teaching‚ assisting‚ counseling‚ or simply listening and either way it can provide these benefits: * When people
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child is given milk in a blue beaker they become to learn that this is how milk is served. If then juice was served in a blue beaker they then have to rethink their theory that both milk and juice can come in blue beakers. Another theorist‚ Lev Vygotsky‚ believed that children’s social environment and experiences are also important. He saw children as ‘apprentices’ requiring to learn through others. He also though that children needed to be active in their own learning and that play is important
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An example of this was when he and Kolya were walking to a man’s house that supposedly had eggs. Right when this man opens the door‚ Lev gets an automatic feeling of concern for him and Kolya. He is very cautious at first‚ not wanting to go inside this strangers house‚ trying to sign Kolya that it might not be the best idea. Going off of levs nudges‚ Kolya states‚ “I don’t do business in a stranger’s apartment‚” (56). After a brief chat with this man‚ Kolya‚ the quick one‚ decides it is
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if you praise to much a child will just do things to please the parent. Les Vygotsky believes that children copy what they see their parents doing. He believed in cultural‚ Vygotsky believes in children construct knowledge. Vygotsky believes social interaction is vital ingredients in learning in development. Vygotsky believes the children should be shown so they can be successful. Piaget‚ Erikson’s‚ Skinner and Vygotsky believe that children learn by how and they think they also learn with intelligent
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There are differing opinions regarding how humans develop cognitively‚ but there are also areas within each theory that agree. Piaget believed intelligence was acquired after development (Pearson Education‚ Inc. 2007). In contrast to this theory‚ Vygotsky believed that in order to develop‚ a child had to first acquire the sign systems of his or her culture (Pearson Education‚ Inc. 2007). This is a major foundation of the two theories’ contrasting views. Piaget believed that child development required
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Unit 2 assignment E1 + E2 Communication and language is essential to communicate‚ whether it be speaking‚ reading‚ or signing to others. From the age of birth babies will use “sound‚ gestures and symbols” (P.Tassoni‚ 2007 pg 44) to communicate to express their needs. For example a baby at the age of 6 weeks will express “cooling‚ making cooling sounds to show pleasure” (P.Tassoni‚ 2007 pg 44) But at the age of 18- 24 months babies will begin to put together two or more words to create a mini
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Preventing Tooth Decay in Hispanic Preschool Children: Program Development School of Nursing Health Teaching and Promotion Preventing Tooth Decay in Hispanic Preschool Children: Program Development Dental caries is a single most prevalent chronic infectious disease amongst US children (US Dept of Health and Human Services‚ 2000). Caries progression in younger children is more rapid and severe than in adults‚ resulting in the ailment known as Early Childhood Caries. According to National Center
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Confirm Client Development Status (CHCLD415A) Essay Assignment - deadline: 31/01/2011 Vygotsky’ Cognitive Mediation Theory Introduction: In relation with the developmental psychology in the human context Piaget imposed the notion of cognitive learning theory as a way to explore the way how to speed up a child’s development. He held that qualitative changes only occur when a child goes through a cognitive stage that is when the child is ready. He strongly expressed that anything an adult
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hypothesizing seems likely to follow a ‘hybrid route’. Respectively‚ current theories of cognitive development need to recognize the significance of knowledge construction‚ emphasized by Piaget‚ along with the social world‚ mainly focused on by Vygotsky. Furthermore‚ modern theories have to be consistent with biological limitations regarding how the brain really learns. 3. How would Piaget explain the 30 month old child who sits in his/her high chair and repeatedly drops and watches Cheerios
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