Cognitive Dev
Cognitive Dev
Learning Process
Approaches
Miscellaneous
100
The theorist who identified the 3 stages of cognitive development
Who is Jean Piaget?
100
a key component of cognitive development according to Vygotsky
What is social interaction?
100
Who said "Education is not preparation for life: Education is life itself." (1859-1952)
Who is John Dewey?
100
the Italian physician and educator who developed the educational approach characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological, physical, and social development.
Who is Maria Montessori?
100
an idea that deals with change over time and is usually concerned with three things. First, it should describe changes over time within an area or several areas of development. Second, it should describe changes among areas of development. Third, it should explain these changes
What is a theory of development?
200
children learn about their world through their...
What are their senses?
200
the distance between the developmental level reached by independent problem-solving and the potential developmental level that can be reached through problem-solving with adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers
What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?
200
to facilitate the learning process, not to stand and deliver instruction
What is the role of the teacher?
200
an emergent approach named after a small town in Italy that believes that "an educational experience consists of practice and careful reflection that is continuously readjusted" and studies children as individuals and responds to them appropriately.
What is Reggio Emilia?
200
Behavioral theorist who is known for his theory that relies heavily on immediate reinforcement, in which a child has to exhibit the "right" behavior or produce the "correct" answer in order to be positively reinforced
Who is B.F. Skinner?
300
the earliest stage of cognitive development, from birth to about age 2, which involves a gradual progression through simple reflexes and interactions with the world
What is the sensorimotor stage?
300
the term Vygotsky coined for a teacher's support for learning and problem-solving that encourages independence and growth.
What is scaffolding?
300
when children interact with their environment and the people around them to investigate and learn about their world
What is experiential learning?
300
to allow the child to develop independence in all areas according to his or her inner psychological directives in an environment that exhibits beauty, harmony, cleanliness, and order.
What is the Montessori approach?
300
The theorist who is known for his ecological systems theory (family and context)
Who is Bronfenbrenner?
400
the types of experiences and activities that early childhood educators must provide for young children for effective and appropriate cognitive development
What are active learning experiences? (exploration, discovery, inquiry, real, hands-on)
400
one of the most important tools a teacher has to provide opportunities for appropriate learning experiences for young children
What is the environment?
400
a system that consists of bodies of information, skills, developed standards, and rules of conduct that worked historically, and that encourages a student attitude of docility, receptivity, and obedience. The task of educators in this type of education system is to communicate knowledge and skills, and to enforce rules of conduct onto the new generation
What is traditional education?
400
in Reggio classrooms, much of the curriculum and experiences consist of these.
What are projects or investigations that come from the childrens' and teachers interests?
400
the man known for the theory of multiple intelligences
Who is Howard Gardner?
500
the theorist who emphasized the importance of social interaction to cognitive development in young children
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
500
children develop cognitively within a context of culture and society.
What is Vygotsky's view of cognitive development?
500
he believed that education must be based upon experience if it is to accomplish its ends for both learners and for society. Experience always consists of the actual life experience of individuals.
Who is John Dewey?
500
an approach that says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences
What is Constructivism?
500
Students are not blank slates upon which knowledge is etched. They come to learning situations with already formulated knowledge, ideas, and understandings. This previous knowledge is the raw material for the new knowledge they will create.
What is the overall view of constructivist learning?
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