Childhood Development II
It focuses on the study of the processes of physical development, cognitive and socially as well as the acquisition of mental skills and the role of the teacher as responsible for stimulating and enhancing these processes.
Piaget was a Swiss theorist who posited that children learn actively through the play process. He suggested that the adult's role in helping the child learn was to provide appropriate materials for the child to interact and construct.
He would use Socratic questioning to get the children to reflect on what they were doing. He would try to get them to see contradictions in their explanations.
He also developed stages of development. His approach can be seen in how the curriculum is sequenced in schools, and in the pedagogy of preschool centers across the United States.
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