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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