10 Cognitive Describe theories of Teaching and learning on of cognitive Matching activity Discuss the nature/ Piaget’s theory – development and cognitive development. development, covering the following key points: links each side nurture debate (or students’ education - of each debate with another debate) in Describe the impact of Assimilation, accommodation, fixed, invariant, universal, little Background Vygotsky or Piaget and relation to cognitive theories of cognitive scientists justifies their decision in development in children. Cognitive development development on education. Sensorimotor stage schemas, object permanence – a couple of sentences. in children and the Evaluate theories of stage egocentrism, animism Concrete Operational – impact of this on cognitive development with conservation, reversibility Students could also use – education. use of appropriate issues this website Formal Operational hypothetical thinking, abstract thinking – and debates. This crash course video students could make covers Piaget’s, notes on the above key features while watching: Vygotsky zone of proximal development, environment, social – interaction, scaffolding, discovery learning, more knowledgeable other. Stretch and challenge students could also research – Bruner’s stage theory: Enactive objects must be touched – Iconic objects can be represented by pictures Symbolic – – words can represent objects The impact on education students summarise the following – and apply them to Vygotsky (4-6) or Piaget (1-3): readiness discovery learning peer support role of the teacher the spiral curriculum scaffolding in the classroom
10 Cognitive development and education - Background Cognitive development in children and the impact of this on education. Describe theories of cognitive development. Describe the impact of theories of cognitive development on education. Evaluate theories of cognitive development with use of appropriate issues and debates. Teaching and learning on Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, covering the following key points: Assimilation, accommodation, fixed, invariant, universal, little scientists Sensorimotor stage – schemas, object permanence stage – egocentrism, animism Concrete Operational – conservation, reversibility Formal Operational – hypothetical thinking, abstract thinking This crash course video covers Piaget’s, students could make notes on the above key features while watching: Vygotsky – zone of proximal development, environment, social interaction, scaffolding, discovery learning, more knowledgeable other. Stretch and challenge – students could also research Bruner’s stage theory: Enactive – objects must be touched Iconic – objects can be represented by pictures Symbolic – words can represent objects The impact on education – students summarise the following and apply them to Vygotsky (4-6) or Piaget (1-3): readiness discovery learning peer support role of the teacher the spiral curriculum scaffolding in the classroom Matching activity – students’ links each side of each debate with Vygotsky or Piaget and justifies their decision in a couple of sentences. Discuss the nature/ nurture debate (or another debate) in relation to cognitive development in children. Students could also use this website
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