Cognitive development

*Jean Piaget

*Sensorimotor 0-2 Years

Babies will discover the world with the following senses and develop schemas.*Sight*Sound*Smell*Touch*Taste

*Pre-operational 2-7 Years

* Children are egocentric till around the age of 7 years old. This means they can only see a situation from their point of view. For example if a child wants to go to the park but the parent/carer is busy with another child or activity.

* They are unable to understand numbers, mass and capacity.

* Trialling and errors are still their way of solving problems. Such as when solving a jigsaw puzzle.

*What is cognitive development

*Piaget's theory is a widely known theory known by childcare and health professionals. Childhood plays a vital part of a child’s development. This is shown on the SPICE (Social, physical, intellectual, communication and emotional) chart for each development stage in a child's life.

*Quiz

*What senses do children learn with?

*Sight*Sound*Smell*Touch*Taste

*What does egocentric mean?

*This means a child only sees a situation from their point of view.

*What is Cognitive Development?

* It’s the way a child learns.

Arnald Gessel

Gesell's TheorySo, what did Gesell learn from all this movie making? Through his observations and research, Gesell concluded that children go through predictable stages of growth. In fact, Gesell's theory formed the basis for just about every other developmental theory since his time. Some of the key points associated with his theory include: Although all children cycle through the same stages or sequences of growth, they don't enter the stages at the same time. Each child has its own unique pace. Pacing is influenced by internal factors, such as physical and mental development, genetics, personality and temperament. Pacing is also influenced by external factors, like parenting style, environment, peers, culture and health. Children's development changes due to a feeling of equilibrium, or calm plateau's of learning, and disequilibrium, an unsettled time of rapid growth and learning.

http://study.com/academy/lesson/arnold-gesell-biography-theory-of-child-development.html

Principles of developmentPhysical development that relate to theoretical perspectives. Gessel was one of the first theorists to identify milestones in children's development.He suggests environment only has a small influence in development and it's mainly down to biological make up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDVm2VDEyr4