Develop and Cognition

Contrasting method: Traditionalism

Tends to be more engaging and interests the students more in what they’re learning about

Meaning: How people construct knowledge - general focus of this class

Lessons are more thought out and student focused

Can take up more class time

Some of us are not naturally constructivists

He focused on understanding how children learn

Stages of mental development

- Sensorimotor stage (0-2 years): they are very curious and their world revolves around movement
- Properational (2-7 years): starting to use their imagination, take things very literally
- Concrete operational (7-11 years): they relate concepts to situations, they start to think about events that are happening in their lives
- Formal operations (11+): advanced logic and reasoning, are more aware of moral, ethical, social, and political issues.

Realizing which intelligences are your strengths and weaknesses increases your overall intelligence and shows you ways you could grow

Multiple Intelligences

Being intelligent goes beyond being “book smart” and this list of intelligences shows how everyone is smart in their own ways

The normal stress response, the tolerable stress response, and the toxic stress response

Being able to come back from a hard time

Whether or not the person can bounce back and become better when something happens that may affect them

We compared this to when a football player gets injured during the game and he decided whether or not he wants to get back up and continue playing in the game (which would be showing resilience) or if he is going to take a seat.

The levels for this are: self-actualization, esteem, love and belonging, safety needs, and physiological needs

We think this one is really important for us as future teachers because we need to realize that all of our students need each of these levels in their lives and if they are not being provided with these things, then we can try to cater to their needs

The memory process

It takes a lot of rehearsal to remember specifics things, especially things that are learned

When people take tests, after the test they need to continue to think about it and study it for it to become long-term

The concept of neuroplasticity and that is how the brain reorganizes itself when it sees new things or content.

The brain compensates when there is injury, to adjust itself so it can continue to grow

Neuroplasticity

Thought of as a balloon because our brain takes things in like a balloon and when we obtain information, our brain expands just like a balloon does.

Stages of moral development

Heinz Dilemma

Hypothetical senario

Stages

obedience and punishment

Self-interest

Conformity and interpersonal accord

Authority and social order

Social contract

Universal principles

Boys and girls learn differently

They have their own strengths and weaknesses

Sometimes you have to cater your lessons to different genders

We all agree that by mixing the boys and girls in a class, they are more well rounded in their learning

The levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are: create, evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, remember

This is a way to classify learning and or objectives

We also think of this as finding creative ways to teach and use information in the classroom

This shows the level of understanding that the students have on specific subjects and how advanced they are with using this information, which is shown in the levels.