Learning Theorist and Theories by Summer Richardson https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson Comparsion and Contrast of Constructivist Theorist en-us 2018-07-15 15:08:46 UTC 2023-06-22 16:06:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png Constructivist Theories of Learning sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270233494 Known as "Discovery Learning, is when 
Individuals learn through social and cultural experiences. 
"Constructivism has its roots in the cognitive theories of Piaget & Vygotsky" ]]> 2018-07-15 15:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270233494 Lev Vygotsky (Nov 17, 1896- June 11, 1934) sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270234424 Russian & Soviet Psychologist and founder of Cultural-Historical Psychology. He placed a strong emphasizes on the importance of society and culture for promoting cognitive development in children.
Cultural-Historical Theory of Cognitive Development is guided by
Six Major Assumptions
  •  Adults convey to children the way their culture inteprets and responds to the world. 
  • Thought and language  become increasingly independent in the 1st few years. 
  • Complex mental processes begin as social activities.
  • Children can perform more challenging tasks when assisted by more advanced and competent individuals.
  • Challenging tasks promote maximum cognitive growth (Zone of Proximal Development)
  • a.) ZPD means, the difference between the range of tasks a child can do assisted vs unassisted. 
  • Play allows children to stretch themselves cognitively. 
]]> 2018-07-15 15:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270234424 Jean Piaget (Aug 9, 1896- Sept 16, 1980) sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270236353 Swiss Psychologist & Philospher was known for his work on child development and his theory on cognitive development and epistemological called  "Genetic Epistemology". Children are actively constructing their understanding of the world as they grow physically so does their minds. According to Piaget this happens in four developmental stages.
Four Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor
(Age 0-2years)
a. Object Permanence 
b. Motor Action 
Preoperational
(Age 2-7 years)
a. Development of Pretend Play
b. Usage of Symbols to represent things.
c. Children are very Egocentric
Concrete Operational 
(Age 7-11)
a. They learn Conservation, Ordering, Classification and Location.
b. Children begin to reason about mathematics
Formal Operational
(Age 12 & Up)
a. Reasoning of Abstract Concepts and think about Consequences of potential actions. 
b. Sophiscated Moral Resaoning begins to take place (reason more like adults)



]]> 2018-07-15 17:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270236353 Jerome Bruner (Oct. 1, 1915- June 5, 2016) sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270238705 American Psychologist made significant contributions to cognitive psychology and education. Bruner's Learning Instruction principles focuses on the readiness to learn, spiral organization (easily grasped by the learner) and going beyond the information given.
Bruner believed children are born with this innate
curiosity or readiness to learn and at any age they have the ability to understand complex information as long as its  presented in a way that fits the child's cognitive abilities.
Bruner Identified  Three Stages In Cognitive Development called
The Three Modes of Representation 
  • Enactive:  Learn through movement or action. 
  • Iconic: Visual learning by way of images, pictures, diagrams or illustrations. 
  • Symbolic: Storing information through codes that include language, symbols, numbers. It is more flexible, can be manipulated, ordered, memorized and classfied. 

]]> 2018-07-15 18:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270238705 Jean Piaget sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270242916  Four Stages of Cognitive Development ]]> 2018-07-15 20:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270242916 Jerome Bruner sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270243771 Cognitive Development ]]> 2018-07-15 21:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270243771 Learning Theorist & Theories Research sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270246254 Works Cited  ]]> 2018-07-15 22:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270246254 Constructivist Theorist Comparison & Contrast sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270249817 Visual Diagram ]]> 2018-07-15 23:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270249817 Conclusion sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270254031 In conclusion, I believe all three Theorist contribution to Constructivism and Cognitive Development in children is  remarkable. Each theorist produced great research on the stages and assumptions of cognitive development in children through different methods. A few of the concepts have similar themes but there are two that I believe still hold true today and line up quite well with my vision of teaching, learning and technology in the 21st Century. Social interaction, engagement, cultural backgrounds have an huge effect on the teacher, faciliator and the learner within the educational field both andragogy and pedagogy. Play helps to stretch children cognitively. We know this to be true for adult learners as well. Learning and development trainings that use storytelling,  role-play and gamification methods help to promote creativity, collaborative team oriented environments, critical thinking and problem solving skills.  Having a background is sociology, I do believe at birth infants possess intellectual capabilities and as we grow our cognitive development are greatly influenced by our social interactions, engagement and culture experiences fostered by adults, peers and educators. Learning should be creative, innovative, flexible and inclusive to all learners. ]]> 2018-07-16 00:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270254031 Jean Piaget sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270254195 2018-07-16 00:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270254195 Lev Vygotsky sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270254543 2018-07-16 00:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270254543 Lev Vygotsky sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270255645 Cultural Historical Theory of Cognitive Development ]]> 2018-07-16 00:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270255645 sdr7897 https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270315654 2018-07-16 14:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sdr7897/LT_Richardson/wish/270315654