Week 3 - LT1

Question 2: Describe the four stages of development.

This is a level 2 question.
Sensorimotor is a birth to 2 stage, where the child learns about himself and his environment through motor and reflex actions.

Preoperational
This is a stage from where a child begins to talk to 7 years old. At this stage the child applies new knowledge of language and uses symbols to represent objects.

Concrete
During this stage from first grade to early adolescent, accommodation increases. The child can think abstractly and make rational judgements about concrete or observable phenomena.

Formal operations
This is a stage for adolescent. The learner no longer requires concrete objects to make rational judgements. The learner is capable of hypothetical and deductive reasoning.

Question 5

This is an appropriate question for level 5.

How might taking the role of an MKO contribute to the learning of that person, not just the learning of the assisted individual?
The learner who is the More Knowledgeable Other has to recall information, organize his or her thoughts before presenting his ideas. Also, it is a practice or an assessment of how the more knowledgeable interprets the information.

Q6.
This is an appropriate question for level 6.

A school district wants to limit recess time to thirty minutes twice per week, from a daily hour-long current schedule. You believe that recess is necessary per Vygotsky's position that play is essential to learning. What arguments will you use to defend your opinion?

It is important for children to interact in a social environment because learning is not all about formal instruction. Learning occurs both in formal and informal contexts. Children listen and learn more intensely from their friends and are subconsciously acquiring knowledge through play. Children have their own concepts of understanding and this occurs in informal interaction and they are comfortable learning from their peers.