Creating
Use Piaget and Vygotsky's basic assumptions and your previous knowledge to create your own basic assumptions about the child in your case study.
Applying
In the future, how will you go about teaching children who are in different stages of Piaget's cognitive development? For example, if you work in a 1st grade classroom, you may have children in the preoperational stage while others have reached the concrete operations stage.
Reference
Ormrod, J. E. (2011). Educational psychology: Developing learners. Boston, MA: Pearson.
1. Basic assumption #1: Environmental conditions are hindering Willard from being an active and motivated learner. Willard not being able to stay with a learning activity for an extended period of time and wandering around the classroom suggests that the material is not engaging enough for this child.
ReplyDeleteBasic assumption #2: The rules and expectations of the class have not been conveyed to Willard in a way in which he can interpret them. As he leaves the classroom on multiple occasions and wanders around, perhaps he does not have the realization that these actions are inappropriate. The rules may need to be presented to Willard in a different way than just stating, "it is not okay to do this."
I believe this is an example of a creating question as I was asked to come up with and develop something: my own assumptions about the child in my case study.
2. In my future, I plan to teach 2nd grade; therefore, many of my students will be in the concrete operations stage. However, I could still have students in Piaget's preoperational stage. To teach children who are in different stages, I will have to be intentional in my planning. I will plan to facilitate a variety of experiences that encourage my students to explore, discover, and investigate. These opportunities will provide the chance for all students (in different stages) to construct their own understandings. Further, I will focus on the grouping of my students; those in the preoperational stage could benefit from working with students in the concrete operations stage. In addition, as children in the preoperational stage are going to begin thinking in more logical, adult like ways in the next stage, I will plan to introduce tools such as brainteasers to support their development.
I believe this is an example of an applying question as I had to use my previous knowledge of Piaget's stages in a new context.