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Week4sociologicalfoundationsofeducation2chandinphilosophy 150921120718 Lva1 App6892
Week4sociologicalfoundationsofeducation2chandinphilosophy 150921120718 Lva1 App6892
MA Educational Foundations
Branches of Study
• Philosophical Theories of Human
Existence: Pre-Socratic, Medieval, Modern, 19 and 20 th th
Century
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3 Major Theories of Development
• Psychoanalytic Theories: Stress the importance of
children’s unconscious thoughts. It is heavily colored by emotion
and influenced by parents as to the child’s development
• Definition
This theory of human intelligence,
developed by psychologist, suggests there
are at least seven ways that people have
of perceiving and understanding the world.
Gardner labels each of these ways a
distinct "intelligence"--in other words, a set
of skills allowing individuals to find and
resolve genuine problems they face.
Jean Piaget: Genetic Epistemology
• The concept of cognitive structure is central to his theory
(Schemas). There are four primary cognitive structures
(i.e., development stages) according to Piaget:
sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, and
formal operations. In the sensorimotor stage (0-2 years),
intelligence takes the form of motor actions. Intelligence
in the preoperational period (3-7 years) is intuitive in
nature. The cognitive structure during the concrete
operational stage (8-11 years) is logical but depends
upon concrete referents. In the final stage of formal
operations (12-15 years), thinking involves abstractions.
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