Piaget, Vygotsky and Erikson all discuss theories of child development giving those who teach high school insight about the level of cognitive development students should be able to achieve academically, socially and psychological.
Piaget believes that children experience specific levels of development at predetermined ages. All children according to Piaget ”are born with a very basic mental structure on which all subsequent learning and knowledge is based”(1). Children then use this basic structure to develop schemas about routines in life and as they grow older they adapt those schemas with new information and mental abilities. By high school students should be in the formal operational stage of development and should have been at this stage for a number of years. This stage is also the last stage and where they will remain for the rest of their lives. They should be able in this stage to engage in abstract reasoning. On thing mentioned in the simply psychology article that surprised me was several studies have been conducted showing that many college student and adults are unable to complete formal operation …show more content…
Our students should currently be in the role confusion and ego identity stage and have already gone through four other stages (2). If student were not given a proper balance in these pervious stages it could effect their behavior even years after that stage has passed. As educators we must take into account that there may be students who have trouble with certain psychosocial linked emotions to early stages causing them to act out. I think it is important as a educator to remember this. Also properly support my students in their current psychosocial stage by providing them with positive role within society to see themselves in. Also by being understanding of those experiencing role confusion educator provide a safe
Piaget believes that children experience specific levels of development at predetermined ages. All children according to Piaget ”are born with a very basic mental structure on which all subsequent learning and knowledge is based”(1). Children then use this basic structure to develop schemas about routines in life and as they grow older they adapt those schemas with new information and mental abilities. By high school students should be in the formal operational stage of development and should have been at this stage for a number of years. This stage is also the last stage and where they will remain for the rest of their lives. They should be able in this stage to engage in abstract reasoning. On thing mentioned in the simply psychology article that surprised me was several studies have been conducted showing that many college student and adults are unable to complete formal operation …show more content…
Our students should currently be in the role confusion and ego identity stage and have already gone through four other stages (2). If student were not given a proper balance in these pervious stages it could effect their behavior even years after that stage has passed. As educators we must take into account that there may be students who have trouble with certain psychosocial linked emotions to early stages causing them to act out. I think it is important as a educator to remember this. Also properly support my students in their current psychosocial stage by providing them with positive role within society to see themselves in. Also by being understanding of those experiencing role confusion educator provide a safe