Education theory

choose three topics that I felt would provided the most information and touch the main objectives we learned in this course. Compare and contrast the major theories influencing early childhood education, and focus on the contributions of each to the current status of the field. The beginning of the semester, I learned about interesting theories and theorists and their…

DuBois argued about the importance of education in their writings. On the surface, their writings may appear dramatically different, written more than a hundred years apart and targeted towards a different audience. However, their fundamental ideas are very similar. They are a voice, potentially one of the only voices, for minority groups, be it women or African Americans. They both use reason to argue for equality. Most importantly, they both look to education as a vital piece of the struggle…

many supporters of early education claims are based upon. He also argues against the idea of children starting school at an earlier age and deems that pushing school entry age back will rear more positive, academically, and developmentally beneficial outcomes. He believes there needs to be a compromise of the two implementations of schooling. Rathus believes in getting children started in school only if the child’s brain has fully developed enough to handle the education and information they…

the social context within our social environment; i.e. the physical setting in which we are raised, including the people we interact with and the culture in which we are surrounded. Robert Merton’s theory of social structure is the units or aspects within society that are interconnected and…

Education Psychology is used to promote student learning. It uses theories about learning to help find the best approach to learning. It improves teaching strategies. This helps people find the best way to learn, thus furthering their knowledge and improving their lives. If I’m having trouble learning, I can use Education Psychology to help me find a better approach. The defense mechanism is a part of your ego that helps you cope with a variety of situations. The ego uses defense…

Brodie refers to evolution as being controversial, I fail to see it as so, controversial means debatable, and to date there is no more well researched, well founded, and supported scientific theory for the origin of species. Reading this opening reminded me of the Bill Nye – Ken Ham debate, Bill Nye argued that creation is not a viable scientific explanation to the origin of species while Ken Ham opposed. In the final moments of the debate, both men were asked, what would change each other’s…

Darwinism is a scientific theory that everything in the world came from one single origin and follows a blueprint of order in a process called natural selection. Evolution by natural selection is one of the unsurpassed authenticated theories in the history of science, supported by evidence from a wide variety of scientific studies, including developmental biology, geology, genetics and paleontology. Created by Charles Darwin who wrote The Origin of Species (1859) to define his theory of…

The problem in today’s society seen abundantly throughout childhood education classrooms is the hands on usage of technological devices at various young ages. These devices such as: smart boards, iPad’s, digital tool pads, software programs and much more are available in most schools across the nation. Each piece of technology consists of downloadable learning applications, which require much interaction for these students and teachers together. Two subjects of interest being affected today are…

what the term “theory” means, then I came across with the term “core explanatory theories” which had no idea what it meant what so ever. So, I was able to learn that core explanatory theories are theories that are firmly established through accumulation of a substantial body of supporting evidence and have no competitors such as cell theory, periodic law, etc. In other words, I learned that the term theory can mean and represent different meanings depending on what field the term theory is being…

higher levels from taking advantage of their subordinates, but he also firmly believed that competence must be rewarded. In order for an organization to carry on it’s personnel need to be content. There are extreme similarities with both management theories here. They both recognize the value of their personnel. Employees that are treated as a resource will not perform at their maximum potential and eventually separate from the organization. The fair and equitable treatment of every…