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ECE 3 Standard 05
ECE3-05 Trends and Theories
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Theory | A system of beliefs about how or why something is, often researched or proven or generally accepted. |
| Theorist | A person known for a specific belief about human growth and development |
| Cognitive | A theory that asserts that learning happens through active problem solving and social interactions. |
| Behavioral | A theory that asserts that humans become shaped by the environment, specifically good outcomes encourage repeated behavior and bad outcome extinguishes behavior |
| Psychosocial | A theory that asserts that humans learn new behaviors by imitating and interacting with the people around them |
| Psychoanalytic | A theory that asserts that emotional development is influenced by tension between internal desires and impulses and demands of the outside world |
| Heredity | What we inherit through genes and bloodline |
| Environment | The surroundings that impact all growth and development |
| DAP (Developmentally Appropriate Practice) | Lessons, toys and games that are designed to match the ability and skill of the child |
| Child Centered approach | Allowing the needs and preferences of children to drive curriculum and instruction |
| Bloom, Benjamin | developed a model of mastery learning, and levels of true knowledge ranging from recall to complete mastery. |
| Freud, Sigmund | The father of psychology beileved that problems in adulthood stem from needs are not met in childhood. |
| Gardner, Howard | Developed the theory that all people have intelligence in nine different realms or areas of study or ability. |
| Maslow, Abraham | Theorist that believe in a pyramid about needs and abilities and insisted that basic physiological needs must be met first. |
| Montesorri, Maria | A physician who believed that children learn besst through experiences and senses, and that children should be supported in becoming independant and self sufficient. |
| Skinner, B.F. | developed the theory of operant conditioning and believed that behaviors are repeated when the intended consequence is the result. |
| Erikson, Eric | developed the theory that development happens in stages through overcoming crisis |
| Piaget, Jean | developed the theory that there are 4 stages of learning, and that children think differently from adults. |