Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Infancy, “early childhood,” and “a beginning or early period of existence,” a time of vivid transformation in the physical body and cognitive mind, including that of emotional attachment and one’s first social interactions (Infancy). A period of the origins of life which babyhood and toddlerhood unfold from a child’s birth through two years (Berk, 2010, p. 6). As a scholar in the field of human development, researching a subject and evaluating an authentic encounter with the said subject are two…

The preschool child I had observed was Joel . Joel has straight short brown hair with blue eyes and bushy dark eye brows. He is shorter than most of his classmates and slightly chubby .Joel has a small button nose, full cheeks, a full set of teeth inside his mouth, and dark tan skin. TH Preschool of choice is Chino hills Christian preschool. The abilities of Joel comparing to his other classmates is that Joel is very energetic and likes to use his hands to piece puzzles together. When…

development. Childhood development is the growth of a human from birth to 17 years old. Several psychologists research the process of childhood and conclude their own ideas on the subject. Jean Piaget, Eric Erickson, and Lawrence Kohlberg are three psychologists who had similar and different views on children's advancement. Jean Piaget was a psychologist who concluded that people developed by connecting to life with actions. He went into more detail about his theory by having steps. There are…

According to Piaget, a child’s mind develops throughout the course of four stages in their earlier years of life. Piaget believed that children establish their understandings of the world by actually experiencing it. He also believed that nature and nurture were both valuable factors in a child’s cognitive growth, but he presumed that it happened in different stages rather than a continuous progression of growth. Piaget separated cognitive development into four stages. The first stage, from…

A child’s abilities associated with memory, reasoning, problem solving and thinking are all a part of their cognitive development. Jean Paget, created an idea that children go through four steps of cognitive development. Up until a child reaches the age of two they are learning through their senses, reflexes and the way the manipulate materials. (Mooney, 2013 p.81) It is said that young children are just trying to find understanding in the world around them. Toddlers like to have a routine,…

Despite being flawed, Piaget made exceptional contributions to the outlook we have on sensorimotor stages. He outdid those of his time, as most brilliant people who make history do, and his research paved an outline for others to do additional research on. Without the fundamentals of Piaget’s theories we may not have built upon the knowledge of these stages quite as quickly nor as proficiently. The stages of development Piaget recognized led to progression in the way we educate children, and led…

‘how children learn’. Firstly, one of the most influential theories of how children learn in today’s education system is constructivism which has been accepted as a model of children’s cognitive development since the 1950’s when it was developed by Jean Piaget (1896-1980). He aimed to develop a theory which was able to show ‘the nature of knowledge and the ways in which an individual acquires knowledge.’ Smith et al. (2003, p. 388). The theory has three main components to it: schemas, known as…

The mere attempt at perfection is a lost cause, no one in the world can achieve something because one can only be as perfect as his flaws allow. August Wilson’s play, Fences, explores this theme of trying to be the best that one can be through the protagonist, Troy Maxson. His past defines him, where it is fitting to define Troy, and any person for that matter, as the sum of one’s experience. As the choices he makes in the play are defined by prior events in his life, he believes that his…

discussing the biography of Jean Piaget and his influence on education and the studies of children. Piaget was born in 1896. Piaget made an impact on our field by studying the knowledge of young children. First, I will discuss Piaget’s biography, and his life events that guided him in the direction of working with children. Secondly, I will address his contributions on the educational field. Lastly, I will summarize the key points in this writing. Biographical Information Jean Piaget was…

Te Whāriki (Ministry of Education [MoE], 1996), the early childhood curriculum of Aotearoa New Zealand underpins a range of developmental theories; which in turn, contributes to the quality in early childhood education and care. This essay will examine the socio-cultural and ecological perspective of child development in respect of quality and care in the early childhood sector of education in Aotearoa New Zealand. The socio-cultural perspective of child development underpins the notion that…