First, Make sure that your name is listed at the top of your paper. You may choose to answer each question
by pasting the question above your answer.
– Before writing, organize your thinking.
– Write as much as you think you need to.
– Write clearly and legibly.
– The essays are graded based on accuracy and thoroughness. No page limits are suggested.
1. Discuss the concept of schema theory as related to Piaget’s basic tendencies in thinking. (15 points)
2. A. Provide an overview (listing all four stages with a brief description) of Piaget’s stage theory
development. (15 points)
B. At what level of education are you interested in teaching? Check one.
Early childhood
Early elementary grades
Late elementary grades
Middle school (or junior high)
High school (or senior high)
Other
According to Piaget’ theory of cognitive development, what are the major
characteristics of cognitive development at this level?
C. How would Piaget’s theory influence your teaching at this level?
D. What are the cautions that you should keep in mind in applying the Piaget’s
theory in your teaching at this level?
3. . Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development (15 points)
Opening question:
At what level of education are you interested in teaching? Check one.
Early childhood
Early elementary grades
Late elementary grades
Middle school (or junior high)
High school (or senior high)
a. Briefly explain the theory.
b. At the level of education you choose above, describe major characteristics
of psychosocial development.
c. How would Erikson’s theory influence your teaching at this level of education?
4. After viewing the two videos on Kohlberg’s theory of Moral Reasoning, write a summary and reaction
to Rafael Esquith’s philosophy in applying this theory in classrooms. Does the theory help to prepare
students for life beyond the classroom? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j81-44ADf74
(15 points)
5. Explain the differences between teaching as an Art and teaching as a Science. Provide examples.
(10 points)
6. Match the following theorists to the terms below which are related to their theories. (30 points)
(List the number and letter on your paper…. Example: 16. A)
A. Piaget B. Vygotsky C. Bronfenbrenner D. Erickson E. Kohlberg
______1. Zone of Proximal Development
______2. Translational Research
______3. Formal Operations
______4. Developmental Crises
______5. Instructional Conversations
______6. Conventional Moral Reasoning
______7. Mesosystems
______8. Conservation
______9. Positive and Negative Resolutions
______10. Chronological Systems
______11. Search for Identity
______12. Assisted Learning
______13. Ecological Theory
______14. Concrete Operations
______15. Macrosystems
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