Early Childhood Theorists
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- Howard Gardner
- Multiple Intelligences
- Musical- Rhythmic
- songs, clapping games
- Erikson
- Stages of Psychosocial Development
- Interpersonal
- group activities
- Sensorimotor Stage
- (0-2 yrs): uses senses and motor reflexes to learn; egocentric; object permanence; concrete knowledge
- Maslow
- Hierarchy of 6 basic needs, self-actualization
- Vygotsky
- Sociocultural Theory: Zone of Proximal Development, Intersubjectivity, Scaffolding
- Visual- Spatial
- concept maps
- Intrapersonal
- independent study
- Zone of proximal Development
- range from what a child can do independently to what he can do with adult assistance
- Scaffolding
- process of providing less and less support so children may master a task or ability
- Bodily- Kinesthetic
- physical activities, games
- Verbal- Linguistic
- reading a story aloud
- Piaget
- Cognitive Stages of Intellectual Development: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational
- Concrete Operational Stage
- (7-12 yrs): can reverse thought processes, makes decisions on appearances, less egocentric, structure time and space, understands numbers, can apply logic in concrete situations
- Intersubjectivity
- Children reach a mutual understanding through social interaction
- Naturalist
- nature walks
- Mathematical- logical
- puzzles, numbers
- Preoperational Stage
- (2-7 yrs): concrete knowledge, thinks in here and now, accelerated language development, egocentric, judges on appearances, thinks everything has a reason or purpose