Better yet what may occur if a teacher lacks the understanding of the stages of development
2006-08-10 12:41:36 · 4 answers · asked by nursebubblez 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Stages of development are important... you can't teach something to someone who is not at that proper stage. Try stacking ten poker chips and then having a pile of ten poker chips... then ask a two-year old which has more... he's say the pile because it looks bigger... or he might even say the stack because it looks taller... he hasn't reached the developmental level of counting.
2006-08-10 13:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best teachers are not the ones who knows the most in the subject they teach. The best teachers are the ones who knows how to COMMUNICATE. Communicating with kids of different age group (plus different background) is probably the most important skill that a beginning teacher should learn and understand.
Humans learn differently as they grow up. Eg. Did you know we are at our most creative at the following stages, 2-4 y.o, 10-12 and 16-19? And it happens that we're at our most "mischief" stage at these stages as well!!
Anyway, hope I helped. I'm a teacher too!!
2006-08-10 21:01:35 · answer #2 · answered by zerohero 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that education can be effective. You don't teach abstract algorithms to a child in the Concrete-Operational stage of cognitive development. Concrete thinkers can't grasp abstract ideas. In addition, knowing about the cognitive, social, and behavioral development of your students helps you to reach them at all levels.
2006-08-10 20:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by James F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they know what to expect at the age of the students they're teaching.
2006-08-10 19:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋