During this semester I have the opportunity to do my field experience at Morris Elementary School. Morris Elementary believes that all children will be college or career ready after graduating. Also according to the “No Child Left Behind Act”, they provide a safe and nurturing environment where every child can learn and grow, there are highly qualified teacher preparing children for the future. Every classroom is very cultural diverse which allows students to develop a better understanding of most cultures. I am currently working with one of the first grade classrooms, during the past few weeks I have learned more that I could have ever learned in a regular college classroom. I will be using pseudonyms to respect the rules of confidentiality
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Piaget believed that children are little scientists exploring the world around them. The four stages are the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operational stage, and the formal operation stage. Based on the readings and according to Piaget, Alaiah is the preoperational stage because during this stage children experience “enormous progress in language development, reflecting their growth in the ability to use symbols” (Eggen & Kauchak, 2016, p. 50). They also develop memory and imagination; they are able to solve more complex problems. Most preoperational thinking is egocentric; children have difficulty understanding life from any other perspective than their own. During this time, the child is very me, myself, and I oriented. Alaiah does not like to share anything; she often has a hard time understanding important information from the teacher’s perspective. She does not like to listen to other students’ ideas or opinions. Children still have conservation problems, for example when she sees a glass of water poured into a taller glass she would say that now there is more water than it was in the shorter glass. She is only focusing on one dimension; she will overcome these conservation and egocentrism problems once she reaches the Concrete Operational
Piaget believed that children are little scientists exploring the world around them. The four stages are the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the concrete operational stage, and the formal operation stage. Based on the readings and according to Piaget, Alaiah is the preoperational stage because during this stage children experience “enormous progress in language development, reflecting their growth in the ability to use symbols” (Eggen & Kauchak, 2016, p. 50). They also develop memory and imagination; they are able to solve more complex problems. Most preoperational thinking is egocentric; children have difficulty understanding life from any other perspective than their own. During this time, the child is very me, myself, and I oriented. Alaiah does not like to share anything; she often has a hard time understanding important information from the teacher’s perspective. She does not like to listen to other students’ ideas or opinions. Children still have conservation problems, for example when she sees a glass of water poured into a taller glass she would say that now there is more water than it was in the shorter glass. She is only focusing on one dimension; she will overcome these conservation and egocentrism problems once she reaches the Concrete Operational