I learned from my actions last week and managed to behave like a complete adult all day this week – It was surprisingly easy to be mature…sip tea, take notes and nod head approvingly or disapprovingly with rest of class and most importantly…don’t speak!
After some intense reading, which turned into discussions and debates (Not speaking would prove hard during this, but I thankfully sat next to a very vocal lady, so no-one noticed me not contributing to the conversation) on the Jean Piaget theory, we were tasked with a game the tutor called “Splat”. She wrote all the terms we had learned today, randomly on the board, and then asked for two volunteers to come to the front of the class – Of course no-one offered, so she picked two people anyway (Don’t you love teachers when they do that!) The rest of the class would then ask questions, relating to a word on the board and the first person to splat (slap their hand) on the board over the correct word won, so they could sit down and the next victim could go up…this is what we get for not volunteering to go first!
The game was actually quite good fun and I wasn’t that nervous when my turn came about. Most people had had a go already and I was now familiar with each term, which if you’re interested is:-
Sensor-motor Stage – The first stage (age 0-2) of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
After some intense reading, which turned into discussions and debates (Not speaking would prove hard during this, but I thankfully sat next to a very vocal lady, so no-one noticed me not contributing to the conversation) on the Jean Piaget theory, we were tasked with a game the tutor called “Splat”. She wrote all the terms we had learned today, randomly on the board, and then asked for two volunteers to come to the front of the class – Of course no-one offered, so she picked two people anyway (Don’t you love teachers when they do that!) The rest of the class would then ask questions, relating to a word on the board and the first person to splat (slap their hand) on the board over the correct word won, so they could sit down and the next victim could go up…this is what we get for not volunteering to go first!
The game was actually quite good fun and I wasn’t that nervous when my turn came about. Most people had had a go already and I was now familiar with each term, which if you’re interested is:-
Sensor-motor Stage – The first stage (age 0-2) of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development
Pre-operational Stage – The second stage (age 2-7) of Piaget’s theory
Concrete Operational Stage – The third stage (Age 7-11) of Piaget’s theory
Formal Operational Stage – Last stage (11+ year olds) of Piaget’s theory
Cognitive – Of knowledge
Schemas – Mental files of information
Animism – Where objects are believed to be alive
Ego-Centric – Can not distinguish between self and others
Object permanence – Younger children disregard an objects existence when it disappears from sight.
Accommodation – Existing schemas are changed to accommodate information
Adaption – When a new schemas is created
Reflex – React without thinking
Equilibrium – Perception of the world fits existing schemas
Conservation – Understanding objects remain the same even if transformed
Dis-Equilibrium – Discontent about change and new experiences
Assimilation – New information is tagged onto existing schemas
I suppose unless you are studying Piaget or sitting the Education and teaching module this will mean nothing to you? So sorry about that.
At the end of the lesson we were set our first assignment – A 300 word essay on Piaget’s theory...joy!
Ego-Centric – Can not distinguish between self and others
Object permanence – Younger children disregard an objects existence when it disappears from sight.
Accommodation – Existing schemas are changed to accommodate information
Adaption – When a new schemas is created
Reflex – React without thinking
Equilibrium – Perception of the world fits existing schemas
Conservation – Understanding objects remain the same even if transformed
Dis-Equilibrium – Discontent about change and new experiences
Assimilation – New information is tagged onto existing schemas
I suppose unless you are studying Piaget or sitting the Education and teaching module this will mean nothing to you? So sorry about that.
At the end of the lesson we were set our first assignment – A 300 word essay on Piaget’s theory...joy!
0 Comments:
Post a Comment