https://padlet.com/hhornsby0023/w58helb0gjmbzhgw en-us 2023-09-14 18:18:06 UTC 2023-09-15 06:27:35 UTC hello@padlet.com hhornsby0023 https://padlet.com/hhornsby0023/w58helb0gjmbzhgw/wish/2704681824 The Cognitive Development Theory was created by Jean Piaget. The theory was based on the way children design mental configurations of the world they live in. He desired to understand how the minds of children processed concepts like time, numbers, etc. and argued cognitive development takes place with maturation and experiences with the world around them. Piaget contributed a theory involving stages of cognitive development in children, deep, comprehensive observational studies of cognition in children, and a series of simple tests to help determine a child's cognitive abilities. His theory was different because it focused specifically on children, was concerned with development and not learning, and suggested there are stages of development.]]> 2023-09-14 18:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hhornsby0023/w58helb0gjmbzhgw/wish/2704681824 hhornsby0023 https://padlet.com/hhornsby0023/w58helb0gjmbzhgw/wish/2705147014 Schemas: "basic building blocks of mental models of intelligent behavior- a way of organizing knowledge"
-as we develop, we accumulate schemas for every new experience we have (ie. you have a schema for checking out at the grocery store, but a baby may have a schema for sucking on something put against their lips as a result of their sucking reflex)
-schema count increases and they become more elaborate with time 

Adaptation & It's Parts
-Assimilation: using a schema that already exists to deal with a new scenario or object
-Accommodation: when an existing schema fails to work and must be changed in order to successfully deal with a new scenario or object
-Equilibration: the force (leaps and bounds rather than a steady rate) that propels development forward

Developmental Stages
1. Sensorimotor (birth-2)
-object permanence (knowing an object still exists even if it is hidden)
2. Pre-operational (2-7)
-ability to make one thing stand for another; can think about things symbolically 
3. Concrete Operational (7-11)
-logical thinking begins
4. Formal Operational (11+, adolescences and adulthood)
-ability to think about abstract concepts, and logically test hypotheses

*No stage of Piaget's developmental stages can be skipped or missed. They always follow in this order, and even though there is no set age that says when each child will master each stage at, it usually happens within the given time frames

]]> 2023-09-15 02:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hhornsby0023/w58helb0gjmbzhgw/wish/2705147014 hhornsby0023 https://padlet.com/hhornsby0023/w58helb0gjmbzhgw/wish/2705447877 The Sociocultural Theory was created by soviet psychologist, Lev Vygotsky, and argues that a persons psychological development  is clearly affected by and linked to their social interactions and cultural norms of society. 
-Vygotsky was unsure he agreed with Piaget's theory of 
cognitive development, and argued that learning is indeed a necessary part of developing culturally appropriate psychological functions
-To further spread his idea against Piaget's, Lev Vygotsky pushed his theory called thee Zone of Proximal Development (ZVD) 
-ZVD stressed that learning should be connected to the level at which a child is currently developing at; he specified these as the actual and the potential levels of development:
1. Actual: achievements a child can successfully and independently complete
2. Potential: tasks and skills children can complete with assistance 

Guided Participation
The idea of guided participation adds to Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, stating it focuses more on the interactions between a child and their caregiver
-Guided does not mean face-to-face ex: homework is guided by the teacher, however they are not being guided in a face-to-face situation
*Closely related to Vygotsky's  scaffolding 

Constructivist Theory
Concerned with children's learning activities and the way individuals learn 


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