We all go through a number of Psychology classes during our college years. You learn about Piaget, Vygotsky and many other theorists, but you quite never understand the importance of them. That is, until you walk into a classroom.
Constructive learning processes are important in the classroom. Is the way we build our knowledge and create meaning, either through social interactions or individually. A teacher is responsible for at least 20 different children. My CT has 18 in her class, all are very unique and different from each other. With each child learning at a different phase, how do you develop lessons plans that address every child 's need?
Although all children develop uniquely, most follow a certain developmental pattern. Educators must understand these developmental stages in order to create and modify lessons that maximize social and academic success. In my 4th grade classroom everything has a purpose. From how the children are arranged or paired, to how much time is dedicated to reading and writing.
The students in my internship classroom are between the ages of nine to ten years old. Piaget describes this stage as the Concrete Operational Stage, …show more content…
Some are ELL students that possess great mathematical abilities, while others can read and write but have trouble with numbers. Knowing each child 's ability helps the teacher create work groups and prevents problems in the classroom that often steam from lack of understanding of the students developmental level. The class schedule in my CT 's classroom describes very well how she addresses all of her students ' needs. While a group of students work on iRead, she takes another group for reading and so forth. Exercising critical thinking is highly encouraged in the class. My CT promotes respect and understanding when formulating ideas. She also repeats very frequently the following sentence: "We think our answers, we don 't just
Constructive learning processes are important in the classroom. Is the way we build our knowledge and create meaning, either through social interactions or individually. A teacher is responsible for at least 20 different children. My CT has 18 in her class, all are very unique and different from each other. With each child learning at a different phase, how do you develop lessons plans that address every child 's need?
Although all children develop uniquely, most follow a certain developmental pattern. Educators must understand these developmental stages in order to create and modify lessons that maximize social and academic success. In my 4th grade classroom everything has a purpose. From how the children are arranged or paired, to how much time is dedicated to reading and writing.
The students in my internship classroom are between the ages of nine to ten years old. Piaget describes this stage as the Concrete Operational Stage, …show more content…
Some are ELL students that possess great mathematical abilities, while others can read and write but have trouble with numbers. Knowing each child 's ability helps the teacher create work groups and prevents problems in the classroom that often steam from lack of understanding of the students developmental level. The class schedule in my CT 's classroom describes very well how she addresses all of her students ' needs. While a group of students work on iRead, she takes another group for reading and so forth. Exercising critical thinking is highly encouraged in the class. My CT promotes respect and understanding when formulating ideas. She also repeats very frequently the following sentence: "We think our answers, we don 't just