Piaget..... French For??

Jean Piaget is the French psychologist who is responsible for recognising the cognitive ability in children in stages.

These stages are the level at which the children reason:

1) Sensorimotor stage: from birth to age 2 years (children experience the world through movement and senses and learn object permanence) which basically means that children learn that inanimate objects don't disappear when they disappear from view.
2) Preoperational stage: from ages 2 to 7 (acquisition of motor skills) Children learn to grasp language and learn to start thinking for themselves.
3) Concrete operational stage: from ages 7 to 11 (children begin to think logically about concrete events) they start to reason and learn to think laterally.
4) Formal operational stage: after age 11 (development of abstract reasoning). they can see things from a very abstract point of view.

These stages are not necessarily achieved by the children at the suggested age however. Piaget also believes that children are little philosophers and that they learn very quickly.

Next.......... Lets Go Vygotski

The next theorist im going to Prattle on about is Vygotsky. The major theme of Vygotsky's theory is that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of students recognising and understanding (cognitive Recognition). Vygotsky states:
"Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention, to logical memory, and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals."
A second aspect of Vygotsky's theory is the idea that the potential for development depends upon the "zone of proximal development" (ZPD): a level of development attained when children engage in social behavior. Full development of this development depends uponthe persons social interaction. The range of skill that can be developed with adult guidance or peer collaboration can far surpass anything practised alone.
http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html

Glasser Model

Ok this is another random post on another teacher named Glasser with a theory on how students should be taught. Glasser thought that people are driven by six basic needs and that they instinctually need to fulfill these needs. This is known as Choice Theory.

SIX BASIC NEEDS

1. Love
2. Survival
3. Power
4. Freedom
5. Fun
6. Belonging

http://raider.muc.edu/Scnelp/control%20Theory%20-%20Overhead.html this website explains the six basic needs and his ten axiams of choice theory.

Random Stuff On Hattie

John Hattie is a teacher/ University Lecturer in Auckland who believes that learning outcomes must have a meaning and that students are helped by teachers. Teachers must also listen to the needs of students. Here on this hyperlink http://www.acer.edu/workshops/documents/HattieSlides.pdf is the information and statistics that he believes helps influence the learning of students and what effect teachers have. you know all about learning, interaction blah blah blah. Have a look if your after an interesting read or even if your just curious.