InTASC Standard One: Learner Development The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that

patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences
Name of Artifact: Varying Theories of Childhood Development Date: June 18, 2011 Course: Educ 121 Child and dolescent Development

Brief Description: !tudying varying theories of childhood development allo"s an educator to understand, thus, educate their students to the utmost of their a#ility$ Children rely on adults to inherently %&no"' "hat their needs are$ Eri& Eri&son(s culmination of the entire human lifespan development gives an educator a guide to a student(s needs academically) #oth mentally and physically$ Rationale: *nT !C !tandard 1 is an appropriate choice for this document since studying the theories of childhood development contri#utes directly to a teacher(s &no"ledge of ho" their students learn and gro" giving them understanding "hen developmental +uestions may arise in the classroom$ ,$-$ !&inner(s #elief in the operant conditioning theory e.plains early language development as "ell as the methods that may #e used to educate children "ith positive reinforcement$ /ther theories formed from the operant conditioning theory such as l#ert ,andura(s theory called social0cognitive states that children imitate or model #ehaviors around them and then use their o"n cognition to decide if they "ant to copy that #ehavior$ This is e.tremely useful for teachers as they create their lesson plans and reflect on ho" they spea& in the classroom and to peers$ 1no"ing a

student "ill imitate positive #ehaviors if they feel comforta#le "ith themselves and their environment can su#stantially increase academic success$ -inally, Eri& Eric&son(s thorough e.amination of the child from #irth to death allo"s a teacher to pee& inside the head of their students, form a successful classroom atmosphere, and reach the children at a level that the uninformed teacher may not$ 2sing every tool in an educator(s arsenal may help that one child "ho is falling through the crac&s$ *nT !C !tandard 1 prepares a teacher to successfully educate a student and the study of the theories of childhood development is the #asis for that preparation and success$

Reflection: s * prepare to lead my o"n classroom and perform continuous reflections a#out the results of that la#or, * intend to consult "ith Eri&son(s psychosocial stages$ 3efreshing myself on ho" my students feel and "hy they #ehave as they do "ill only ma&e me a #etter educator$ Touching the soul of a child in order to give them the &eys to the "orld is a teacher(s 4o#$ * intend to do that to the #est of my a#ilities using helpful items such as childhood development theories$

Learning Goals: * intend to learn and continuously refer to the childhood development theories to aide in my gro"th as an educator$