Jean-Claude Duvalier

ANTIGONE, by Jean Anouilh, is a masterful version of Sophocles’ original tragedy; which delves deeply into the theme of responsibility and duty. Duty is something one is “obligated to do.” Responsibility is described as doing something one “feels is necessary,” as well as “having capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable” (Webster’s Dictionary). The theme of responsibility and duty transcends the shallow meaning of the words themselves; it illustrates the internal driving force…

believe that people go through stages for their moral development. Lawrence Kohlberg began researching the topic and then he created a model of moral development that is based on six different stages. He built upon the findings of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget’s two stage theory of moral development. Kohlberg was born on October 25, 1927 in Bronxville New York. He was one of four children born to Alfred Kohlberg and Charlotte Albrecht. Alfred was a silk merchant and Charlotte was a skilled…

In order to have effective instruction, it is crucial that teachers have an understanding of child development. Throughout their years in school, children experience a myriad of social, emotional, and behavioral changes. Teachers should implement research based strategies in order to develop a caring learning environment so these changes can take place alongside learning. In the case study “Another Typical Day,” Mrs. Arling must ensure her students are making academic progress; however, she…

Is there a purpose to education and schooling? Does it depend on who you ask; teachers, parents, students, governments, religious institutions, employers. (Week 7 Lecture, P.3) What is this purpose of education is it as simple as becoming learners who can solve problems, or is there more to it than that, such as developing life skills students will need to prepare themselves for their future in terms of the economy and relationships. (Week 7 Lecture, P.2) Education today compared to a hundred…

characterized by physical, psychological, mental, cognitive and behavioral changes. The development processes not only requires specific nutritional interventions but are also characterized by very specific growth changes (Berk, & Churchill, 1996). Jean Piaget, biologist and psychologist developed different stages of intellectual, cognitive and behavioral development from infant to adult age. This development stages are established on the basis of behavioral, cognitive and intelligence changes…

Jean Piaget was a Switzerland born constructivist psychologist who argued that children are constantly creating and participating in understanding the world that they live in (Fiore, 2011). Piaget proposed, then, in order to understand a child’s behavior it is important to understand how children process the information presented in their environment. Moreover, Piaget contends that children have cognitive structures that children use to “organize and adapt” to the world (Fiore, 2011). Thus,…

Social Scientist Essay Jean Piaget was a psychologist who studied theories on childhood development. He was born on August 9th, 1896 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Grimms, 2014) and lived until he was eighty-four years old. Jean Piaget started out with little interest in the sciences, but after he wrote many scientific papers and they were published and well known by the world, he went further into the study. He went on to study at the University of Neuchâtel and received his Ph.D. in natural…

This often occurs in unpredictable stages and is a process of change in which the child learns to master increasingly complex levels of moving, thinking, feelings and relationships with others. Although each child will progress at a different pace, it is nevertheless possible to group children into six age bands that mark different stages of psycho-social development: under one, 1-2; 3-4; 5-9; 10-14; and 15 and over. The unequal spans demonstrate the unevenness of children’s development, which…

Have you ever asked why you act in a particular manner? What causes you to be unlike others? Personality can be defined as characteristics that form a person’s character. The Underground Personality Theory tries to explain our personalities and the way in which they develop. The theory also focuses on the ability of certain characteristics to emerge gradually throughout one’s development. As a toddler, one may be very active and later in life may seem to be very calm in nature. The…

Jean Piaget was a psychologist who studied the way children think and develop logically. He was born on August 9, 1896 to parents , Arthur Piaget and Rebecca Jackson, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was their first child. His mother was the one that sparked his interest in science. His father was a professor of medieval literature. Piaget died on September 16, 1980 in Geneva, Switzerland. While attending school at the Neuchâtel Latin High School, Piaget would write papers on the albino sparrow and…