Jean-François Champollion

Arthur Jones has just come back home from kindergarten, eagerly telling his older sister Alice about the enormous sand castle that he built with his best friend Jonathan. Arthur, a fictional child, has just recently turned five years old. He is loving kindergarten and has made many new friends in class. He’s a very clever child who loves to read. When he’s not at school, he likes to watch cartoons and make puzzles. Occasionally, he will play some video games. Arthur is developing parallel to…

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT The first prominent area of development in my life is cognitive development. According to Jean Piaget, adaptation or adjustment to the environment include two basic processes, which are assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the act of using one’s existing schemes to make meaning or to interpret events in the world—an attempt to comprehend new information by fitting it into pre-existing information or knowledge. Sometimes, distorting new information is necessary…

In the movie E.T., directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison, there are many examples of developmental theories of psychology. Throughout the entire movie, all of the children exhibited examples of varying developmental theories. Elliot went through cognitive childhood development; Michael went through the nurture side of nature vs. nurture and intellectual development; Gertie fit into Piaget 's theory of concrete operational; and lastly all the children came together with…

master the above mentioned skills. Assessments and theories with different methods, approaches and techniques are continuously put into action throughout a child’s education to make sure that they have everything they need for their learning experience. Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky has greatly influenced many methods to teaching, through their study of children’s cognitive development. They share many similarities and differences in the way they view cognitive development in children.…

vary, so as a teacher, having resources such as these different theories, are to help create the environment that each child needs to be successful. Since there are a variety of learning theorist, the two that will be mentioned are Erik Erikson and Jean Piaget. Both theorist have been influential for early childhood education, and have provided concrete learning styles that children develop. Erik Erikson was a psychosocial theorist, which he proposes eight stages of development. He…

Morality is the principle concerning between what is the right behavior and what is the wrong behavior. Each person has different set of moral views, that can be influence by personal feelings, a group of other people or by the care for humanities as a whole. As people grow and mature, they go through a moral development causing them to change their moral views. Many argue that moral development is impossible to achieve, but other have proven that moral development is possible. As an individual…

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…

variety of transitions such as emotional, physical, motor development and speech and language development (Allen & Marotz, 2003). The developmental model is based on a Darwinist perspective and has been heavily influenced by the work of Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget and John Dewey. Developmental theories provide the social work practice with insight…

will be identified as person A, person B, and person C, to respect their privacy. All three were interviewed and asked similar questions. The questions asked were related to both Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson’s Stage of Development. From this interview, each person has similar characteristics defined by both theorists. Jean Piaget created the Piaget Cognitive Stage of Development theory to assess children’s cognitive development…

Youth and adulthood are two unique yet similar vital circumstances in our lives. Youth is the timeframe when we are yet grown up. Adulthood is the time in our life when we are grown up, however, we may be created as individuals. All through the world, the start of adulthood is generally esteemed to happen at a specific age, for example, 18 or 21 years of age. In any case, it can be contended that we progress toward becoming grown-ups when we end up noticeably autonomous, in charge of our own…