child development presentation summer 2014
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Part of the SAIS new teacher institute and created by Renee Prillaman.TRANSCRIPT
Child And Adolescent Development
Purpose of the Session
•To consider the significance of understanding child development in the context of teaching and learning•To become acquainted with significant developmental theories •To understand a general overview of developmental trends in children ages 5 - 18
Elements Shaping Instruction
So who are the children we teach?
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/apps-and-preschoolers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul9c-4dX4Hk
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developer
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-profile-virginia-video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BMYTD-n26s
Cognitive Development
• Piaget• Children develop in
predictable stages• Thinking develops from
concrete to abstract
• Vygotsky• Scaffolding• Zone of Proximal
Development• Self Regulation
Current Research on the Brain & Intelligence
• Howard Gardner•Intelligence isn’t fixed•Intelligence is expressed in many ways
•Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University
•Development of Neuro pathways•Brain Plasticity
•John Medina•Strategies to promote optimal brain development
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Resources for Cognitive Development
For more on Vygotsky - http://www.toolsofthemind.org/philosophy/vygotskian-approach/
For an overview of Piaget’s theories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxo8zkgd07E
For more on Howard Gardner & Multiple Intelligences Theory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2QtSbP4FRg
More on Multiple Intelligences - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkFGXqJxas
Book on MI – Thomas Armstrong (2009), Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
For More on Brain Research & Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/brain-based-learning-key-largo-school-video
For a list of excellent articles - http://www.edutopia.org/article/brain-based-learning-resource-roundup
Book on maximizing brain growth & development – John Medina (2014), Brain Rules
Social Emotional Learning & The Brain - http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video
Personal and Social Development
Moral Development
Growth Mindset
For More on Social Emotional Learning
For information on SEL Classroom Management- http://www.edutopia.org/stw-sel-classroom-management-resources
Resources for developing a thriving social emotional classroom community (elementary grades)https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/ and (middle grades) http://www.originsonline.org/developmental-designs
For a list of excellent articles on growth mindset- http://www.edutopia.org/resilience-grit-resources
Growth Mindset Curriculum - http://www.stepitup2thrive.org
Physical Development
Age 5 – Age 10 – development of motor skills, need approximately 10 hours sleep, difficulty balancing high & low periods of energy, muscle coordination is uneven and incomplete, eyes reach maturity
Ages 10 – 14 – onset of puberty, rapid growth in height & weight, uneven development among peers, need 9 – 10 hours of sleep
Ages 14 – 18 – boys still reaching adult height, shift in ratio of body fat to muscle mass
For More on Physical Development
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/gradeschool/puberty/Pages/Physical-Development-of-School-Age-Children.aspx
Article - A Fit Body Means a Fit Mind - http://www.edutopia.org/exercise-fitness-brain-benefits-learning
Article - Active Bodies Lead to Active Minds - http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-physical-activity
Article – Teaching Kids About Healthy Eating & Avoiding Obesity - http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tackle-obesity-schools-students-healthcorps
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