A broad knowledge of the theories relating to these areas assists teachers in understanding these complex processes. There are six focus areas of the Standard. The first two relate to students’: (i) inherent developmental and (ii) learning predispositions. A child’s physical, intellectual and social development are influenced by biological and environment factors, are interrelated and are all equally important (Kearns, 2010). Developmental stages for each of these areas can be explained by various development theory and literature. For example, ‘Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development’ (McLeod, 2009) and ‘Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development’ (McLeod, 2008) are familiar to most
A broad knowledge of the theories relating to these areas assists teachers in understanding these complex processes. There are six focus areas of the Standard. The first two relate to students’: (i) inherent developmental and (ii) learning predispositions. A child’s physical, intellectual and social development are influenced by biological and environment factors, are interrelated and are all equally important (Kearns, 2010). Developmental stages for each of these areas can be explained by various development theory and literature. For example, ‘Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development’ (McLeod, 2009) and ‘Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development’ (McLeod, 2008) are familiar to most