Week 10 - Cognitive Development Flashcards
Which theorist revolves around cognitive development
Piaget
How many stages are there in Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
4
Names and age ranges of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor stage (0-2 years)
- Preoperational stage (2-7 years)
- Concrete operational stage (7-11 years)
- Formal operational stage (11+ years)
List and describe 2 skills that emerge or have not yet developed between each 4 stages under Piaget’s Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor
- Develop a sense of object permanence
- Touching, grasping, watching and listening (learning through senses) - Pre-operational
- Language
- Abstract thought (play) - Concrete operational
- Logic
- Rules around objects
(Thoughts become more logical, flexible and organised) - Formal operational
- Abstract concepts
- Solve problems
Define Centration
cognitive development
Inability to focus on more than one aspect of a situation at a time
Define Egocentrism
cognitive development
Assuming that others experience the world the way you do
Define Animistic
cognitive development
Attributing lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
Who coined the Sociocultural theory
Vygotsky
Vygotsky’s theory about social interaction learning
- Processes of co-construction involve people interacting during shared activities, usually to solve a problem
- Our interactions within our culture help to shape our cognition
- Scaffolding provides learners with hints or clues for problem solving, thus supporting them to attempt problems which may initially appear too difficult
- Through social interactions, we move toward more individualised thinking
Zone of Proximal Development explanation
The space between what a learner can do without assistance and what a learner can do with adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers
Zone of Proximal Development
further description
- The ZPD is a way to think about how to nudge learners out of the zones where they are comfortable but no longer really learning, and into a zone that is beyond them and thus challenges them to continue to grow
- The input of the more knowledgeable other can be provided in many forms, including by a teacher, a parent, a peer or through scaffolded learning resources
- The term proximal refers to those skills that the learner is close to mastering
What is scaffolding?
ZPD
Vygotsky
Scaffolding is a learning process designed to promote deeper levels of learning.
Refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move learners progressively towards stronger understanding and ultimately, greater independence in the learning process
