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Children's personalities develop through five stages. Failure to progress causes "fixation" in a particular stage influencing adult personality and behavior.

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Educators should understand that student behaviors can stem from underlying conflicts within the mind.

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A child's environment provides growth, self-awareness, and identity and internal crises build on previous stages. The results of internal conflict impact development.

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Children's social and emotional needs should play a role in classroom environments and curriculum.

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Children develop in stages by observing and interacting with their environment and fitting new information into what they have already learned.

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Piaget's stages provide a framework for educators to understand what children should be capable of thinking and learning depending on their stage of development.

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Learning is a social undertaking where children learn by interacting with others who are more knowledgeable then they are. Learning occurs in the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).

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Educators use the theory of the ZPD to teach children at a level just beyond where they currently are by providing scaffolding and support.

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People learn skills and behaviors by observing and interacting with others not only through direct experience.

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Educators should use modeling behaviors and activities for their students. Students can also learn from their peers and through interaction with appropriate technologies.

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Human development passes through six stages each with uniques tasks that must be mastered for a person to be happy, fulfilled and successful.

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Educators need to understand the stage their students are in so they can tailor learning goals to the needs of the students. Education should support the child's development and passage from one stage to the next.