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22 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Education |
An approach that optimizes student's learning within a democratic learning community |
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DAP |
Developmentally Appropriate Practice is the foundation for all NAEYC'S work. |
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NAEYC |
National Association for Education of Young Children. |
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Moral Autonomy |
Ability to choose right over wrong |
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Schemas |
A structured plan, diagram, scheme for children (Piaget) |
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Mental Structure |
The way children understand and think about the world |
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Adaptation |
The results assimilation and accommodation, new information becomes part of the children's working mental structures. |
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Assimilation |
The process of taking in new information and fitting it into existing mental structures |
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Accommodation |
The process of taking in new information and adjusting |
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Equilibrium |
A state of balance of calmness experienced by children during learning processes |
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Disequilibrium |
A state of unbalance and uneasiness condition experienced by children during learning process |
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Constructivist Teaching |
Learning always builds upon knowledge that a student already knows. a.k.a schema or mental structure. (Piaget, 1929) |
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Piaget |
Studied the process of constructing knowledge. Described learning as the evolution and development of children's mental structure. (cumulative process: organization, adaptation (assimilation & accommodation, diseq and equip) |
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Vygotsky |
Social interactions and Communication |
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Bruner |
Scaffolding- adult controlling those elements of the task that are essentially beyond the learner's capacity, thus permitting him to concentrate upon and complete only those elements that are within his range of competence. |
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Individualized Learning |
Children have their own way of learning. Some are auditory, visionary, or a combination of both |
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Hands on Learning |
Young children learn best when activities and experiences are hands on and experiential |
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Intentional and Incidental Learning |
Teachers have important responsibilities to offer intentionally planned activities and lessons and to be prepared to guide children when unplanned learning occurs. |
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Behaviorist Approach |
Advocates using behavior modification techniques based on those principles. |
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Domains of Development |
Cognitive, Language, Physical, and Social-Emotional |
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Maria Montessori |
*she was accepted, becoming the first female medical student *50 years until Montessori Method became popular in the U.S. with the rise of Head Start and ECE *Developmental stages (0-6, 6-12, and 12-18) *Prepared environment *Teaching for self-discipline
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Alfred Adler |
Mental health in individuals leads to socially productive behaviors, making more possible a society responsive to the needs and rights of individual citizens. |
