Theorist and Theories

Introduction

By Monnette Pittman-Pierce, Northcentral University

Theorist and Theories

Introduction

  • Why is it important to know the history of childhood education?
  • Why is it important to know theories of learning?
  • What are basic concepts essential to good educational practice?
  • How have instructional practices to accommodate disabilities changed over time? (chapter 3 PowerPoint)
  • Who were the famous individuals who have influenced early childhood education and what were their contributions?
  • What are basic beliefs essential for high quality programs? (Morris, G.S. 2014)

Task

Task

When we know the beliefs, ideas, and accomplishments of people who have devoted their lives to young children, we realize that many of today's early childhood programs are built on enduring beliefs about how children learn, grow, and develop. There are at least three reasons why it is essential for you to know about ideas and theories that have and are influencing early childhood education.

This webquest is designed to help you:

  • Examine your personal learning style (Learning Styles Quiz)
  • Examine your intelligence using Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligence theory
  • Research  child development theorist and their major theory
  • Prepare a PowerPoint for the class on famous theorist and their theory(ies) (Folds, Lea)

Process

Process

Learning Style

Do you learn best through lectures, reading, or hands on experiences? Behavioral scientist have studied how people learn for many years. Their work has produced what we now know as learning style theory. Learning style theory describes three distinct learning styles, auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. (Folds, Lea)

Assignment

  1. Use the following links to assess your personal learning style. You must complete the quizzes. Print your results. (Folds, Lea)

Quiz Links:

www.engr.ncsu.edu

www.vark-learn.com

2. Once you've completed the learning quizzes answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Your reflection must be typed.

  • What were the results of your two quizzes?
  • Do you agree with the results about your personal learning style?
  • What strategies were suggested for someone with your learning style?
  • How  could you implement those strategies in your classwork? (Folds, Lea)

 

Multiple Intelligences Theory

Howard Gardener is a behavioral science researcher who developed  a theory of learning called Multiple Intelligences Theory. Gardener's theory is somewhat controversial because he believes that there are different types of intelligence. This next link takes you to a quiz to determine your personal intelligence.(Folds, Lea)

 

Multiple Intelligences Quiz- www.edutopia.org

Assignment

Once you've completed the quiz, write a reflection answering the following questions:

          What were the results of your multiple intelligences quiz?

          Do you agree with the quiz results about your personal intelligences?

          What tips were given for your dominant intelligence?

          How could you implement those strategies in your classwork? (Folds, Lea)

 

Child Development Theories

You will research child development theorist and write a 5-7 page report APA Format. You will find the theorist in chapter 3.

You will begin using the links provided below. You will need to learn and understand the scientist's theory on child development/psychology in order to share them with the class. You may need to use additional resources beyond the links provided below. (Folds, Lea)

Your research should include at least the following information: (Folds, Lea)

  • Theorists Name
  • In which city/country did the theorist grow up?
  • Who had the greatest impact on their life or theory?
  • Did any particular events shape their life or theory?
  • Where did they study?
  • Describe their theory.
  • If the theory has stages or is based on age-groups, describe the stages/age-groups.
  • Any other information you believe would be meaningful for the class.

Directions:

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation about the behavioral scientist. (Folds, Lea)

  1. Each PowerPoint presentation must have the following slides:
  • Title Slide( your name, scientist name)
  • Content Slides ( Minimum of 7 slides)
  • Questions/ Answers slide (5 questions)
  • Citations Slide (APA Format) (Folds, Lea)

2. Incorporate the following guidelines in your PowerPoint presentation. You must paraphrase the information you find in your research. Do Not Copy and Paste. (Folds, Lea)

  • Same background throughout the presentation
  • No more than 7 bullets per slide, no more than 7 words per bullet
  • Font must be size 12 minimum 24pt.
  • Pictures and graphics must be relevant
  • May include hyperlink to relevant video clips (Folds, Lea)

Historical Figures and their Influences on Early Childhood Education

Directions

Write 5-7 pages APA Format and compare and contrast four of the following theorist theories, and write a reflection to agree or disagree with their theories in today's 21st century

  • Martin Luther
  • John Amos Comenius
  • John Locke
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Erik Erikson
  • Johann Pestalozzi
  • Robert Owen
  • Friderich Froebel
  • Maria Montessori
  • John Dewey
  • Jean Piaget
  • Lev Vygotsky
  • Abraham Marslow
  • Urie Bronfenbrenner
  • Howard Gardner

To ensure that you understand each role of the theorist please take the following quizzes. Print out your results for your own knowledge.

www.testprepreview.com

www.quizlet.com/early-childhood-education-test-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation

Evaluation

IECE3- Child Development Theory and Theorist Assignment Rubric: (Folds, Lea)

 

 

Criteria

 

Excellent

(10 points)

Good

(8Points)

Fair

(6 Points)

Needs Improvement

(0 Points)

 Teacher Evaluation
Lecture Notes Lecture Notes are included in packet     Lecture Notes are NOT included in packet  

Vocabulary

 

 All vocabulary are completely defined One (1) vocabulary term is undefined Two (2) vocabulary terms are undefined Three (3) or more vocabulary terms are undefined  
Writing of Brain Cells Handout Handout is complete     Handout is missing or incomplete.  

PowerPoint Guidelines

 

 Guidelines are included in packet     Guidelines are NOT included in packet.  

Learning Styles Quiz Results

 

 Two Learning Styles Quiz results are printed and included in packet.     Less than two Learning Styles Quiz results are printed and included in packet.  
Learning Style Reflection Reflection exceeds expectations and demonstrate above and beyond effort and thought. Reflection meets the expectations and demonstrates reasonable effort and thought. Reflection is complete but represents a " just enough to get by" attitude. Doesn't show real depth of thought. Reflection is poorly thought through, and reflects barely minimal effort.  
Multiple Intelligence Results Two Learning Styles Quiz results are printed and included in packet     Less than two Learning Styles Quiz results are printed and included in packet.  
Multiple Intelligence Reflection Assignment exceeds expectations and demonstrates above and beyond effort and thought. Assignment meets the expectations and demonstrates reasonable effort and thought. Assignment is complete but represents a "just enough to get by" attitude. Doesn't show real depth of thought. Assignment is poorly thought through, and reflects barely minimal effort.  
Theorist Wall Hanging Assignment exceeds expectations and demonstrates above and beyond effort and thought. Assignment meets the expectations and demonstrates reasonable effort and thought. Assignment is complete but represents a "just enough to get by" attitude. Doesn't show real depth of thought. Assignment is poorly thought through, and reflects barely minimal effort.  
Quia Study Guide Student completed study guide with a score of 100% Student completed study guide with a score of at least 80% Student completed study guide with a score of at least 60% Student did not complete study guide.  

Work Ethic

 

 Student consistently used time to research and had all necessary presentation items.  Student primarily used research time and had very little time to research and have all necessary presentation items. Student did not consistently use research time wisely. Student did not use time wisely and had poor research.  

Attitude

 

 Never is publicly critical of the assignments or the work of others. Always has a positive attitude about the task(s). Rarely is publicly critical of the assignment or the work of others. Often has a positive attitude about the task(s). Occasionally is publicly critical of the assignments or the work of other members of the group. Usually has a positive attitude about the task(s). Often is publicly critical of the assignment or the work of other members of the group. Seldom has a positive attitude about the task(s)>  
        Total Score  

IECE- Theorist and Theories Presentation

 

 

Exemplary

      10

Qualified

    8

Developing

        6

Beginning

       0

Score

 

Topic Information

(Score x 4)

 Topic is covered thoroughly , points are clear and concise. Did not exclude any important information or include unnecessary information. Topic is covered, but not elaborated. Enough information to understand basic of topic. Topic is understood, but has holes in information, facts net supported. May have some unnecessary information. Topic is not covered well, facts are not supported.  
Text Text meets size, design, and color contrast requirements.     Text does not meet size, design, and color contrast requirements.  
Design Consistency Slide design is excellent, consistent, well-designed, and uses high contrast. Slide design is acceptable, reasonably well-designed, and uses good contrast. Slide design is inconsistently, poorly designed and does not have good contrast. Slide design is poor, inconsistent, uses multiple backgrounds, and poor contrast.  
Format 1 Title Slide, 7 Content Slides, 1 Question/Answer Slide, Reference List Slide All requirements are met or exceeded. All requirements are met but are not fully developed. One requirement is missing, and others are not fully developed. Two or more requirements are not met and others are not fully developed.  
Appearance Pictures are used to explain and convey information visually. Makes excellent use of  font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation, content is well organized. Very Creative. Easy to see and follow. No graphics. Pictures are used to explain and convey visually. Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance presentation and content organized. Fairly easy to follow. Pictures are used. Makes use of font, color, pictures, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract form the presentation content or content is not organized facts are irrelevant. A little difficult to follow. Little use of color, graphics, effects etc. Presentation is not interesting to view, there is no clear organizational structure of facts. May have completely unrelated graphics.  

Presentation (Score x 4)

 Student delivery on   presentation was excellent and beyond expectations, Student was somewhat familiar with presentation Student had little to no understanding with presentation Student was not familiar with presentation at all.  
Questions Questions are a good review of content covered. Answers come onto slide later than question. Questions cover most information in Power Point. Answers come in later but are not complete. Questions are unorganized or answers do not come in after questions and are incomplete. Questions are unorganized and do not cover material. Answers are not complete and/or do not come in after question.  
Grammar No misspellings of grammatical errors. 3 or fewer misspellings or grammatical errors. 5 or fewer misspellings or grammatical errors. 6 or more misspellings or grammatical errors.  
           

 

Conclusion

Conclusion

The dream of educating all children to their full potential is a worthy one, and we can and should use it as a base to build meaningful teaching careers and lives for children and their families. We have an obligation to make the bright visions that others have had for children our visions as well. After all, if we don't have bright visions for children, who will? (Morrison, G.S 2014)

It is my hope you've learned something about yourself that you did not already know, and you'll be armed with new information that will enable you to learn more effectively in your classes. (Folds, Lea)

Credits

Credits

This webquest was adapted using information from Lea Folds webquest Child Development Theorists Webquest. www.questgarden.com

Morrison, G.S (2014) Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education (7th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Forrest, Luanne, EdD. Chapter 3 PowerPoint.

 

Teacher Page

By Monnette Pittman-Pierce, Northcentral University

Theorist and Theories

Teacher Introduction

This webquest was designed for my Early Childhood Education students to use as they study child development theories and theorist. (Folds, Lea)

After studying this unit students will be able to:

  • Research and explain human development theories: cognitive, psychosocial, psychoanalytical, and behaviorist.
  • Investigate the impact of heredity and environment on the developing child.
  • Understand major child development theorist and  theory contributions to the field of early childhood education. (Folds, Lea)