theories Flashcards
What are the 4 stages of jean piaget in order?
sensorimotor, pre op, concrete op and formal op
What are the characteristics of sensorimotor
- knows world through their movement and sensations
- gained object permanence
- learn through actions
what are the characteristics of pre op
- symbolic thinking
- use words and pics to represent objects
- egocentric
- still think in concrete terms
math activities suitable for sensorimotor
- number songs
- exploration with safe concrete materials (foam shape blocks, big number magnets and 3d shapes)
- print rich
suitable math activities for pre op
- simple math games
- real life exp with numbers like money and time
- exploration with math manipulatives
- songs and rhymes to reinforce counting
what are vygotsky’s 2 modes
natural and cultural
explain vygotsky’s natural mode
learning is shaped due to maturation over time
explain vygotsky’s cultural mode
interaction with other people of the culture through language can shape the child’s development
explain scaffolding
- helpful and structured interactions between an adult and a child
- the steps taken to reduce the amount of help a child needs to reach a goal or complete a task
- helping a child achieve a specific goal or complete a task
explain zone of proximal development
- the distance between what the child already knows and the potential for development with help from someone else
- require help from a more knowledgeable other to accomplish a task
- encourages use of private speech, as it guides child in thinking
name the 3 modes of jerome bruner
enactive (physical), iconic (visual) and symbolic (language)
what is enactive mode
- learns by physically doing an activity or through their actions
- uses concrete material in their learning
examples of enactive mode activities/learning
- physically learning math by using math manipulatives
- concrete materials are used to encourage their exploration
what is iconic mode
- learning through images and icons
- able to represent items/people with visual, audio or image
- gained object permanence
what is object permanence
when children are aware that items/people still exist even when they are out of sight
examples of iconic activities/learning
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