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Name- Reflection 2
Name: Norhafizah bt Azizan
Matrix : 826147
Type- Individual assignment
This task is an ongoing task. Please refer to the last slide of each class PPT. Use those questions
to write your reflection.
Submit on Portal- Last day of class.
1. Developmental Theories
adolescence, adulthood, old age) or the whole of the life span. Many developmental
theories focus on the development during childhood, such as Piaget's theory of cognitive
development, which describes how a child (from birth to over 11 years) moves through
discrete stages of cognitive development and intellectual growth to where they learns how
to think and reason. Bowlby's (1988) attachment theory provides an explanation of how a
caregiver, and subsequently the types of relationships and attachments that the child will
possess as an adult.
Other developmental theories focus on individuals across the whole of the life
life that spans from birth to death and details how a person develops based on biological,
crisis that an individual needs to work through to move to the next stage. Completing
each stage successfully will result in more positive and healthy psychosocial
development. Maslow's (1954) hierarchy of needs is a life span developmental theory that
explains how individuals must have certain needs met before they can move to achieve a
higher level of need. Maslow's theorized needs start with the basic physiological needs
for survival and expands until the individual reaches the final need of self-actualization (a
Additional theories focusing on the whole of the life span have examined faith, or
spiritual, development (Fowler, 1981) and moral and ethical understanding and reasoning
(Kohlberg, 1973). Although such theories influence social work practice, particularly
through assessment, they have been criticized as being ethnocentric as they were
development. Such theories are primarily used in the assessment stage of social work
practice where a social worker assesses the current level of development and functioning
and uses this information to assist in explaining the client's situation, to determine the
Developmental theories are also useful during the evaluation and ending stages to
Which theory, in comparison to other theories, I think has taught me a lot for my teaching?
Elaborate how and why?
understanding of the world around them, experience discrepancies between what they
already know and what they discover in their environment, then adjust their ideas
accordingly. Moreover that cognitive development is at the center of the human organism,
development. While Vygotsky Theory is a stems from social interactions from guided
learning within the zone of proximal development as children and their partner's co-
construct knowledge and social interaction play a major role in the process of
development. The concept of the More Knowledgeable Other is integrally related to the
This is an important concept that relates to the difference between what a child
can achieve independently and what a child can achieve with guidance and
from text. In this method, teachers and students collaborate in learning and practicing four
key skills: summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting. The teacher's role in the
process is reduced over time. Also, Vygotsky is relevant to instructional concepts such as
Vygotsky's theories also feed into the current interest in collaborative learning,
suggesting that group members should have different levels of ability so more advanced
peers can help less advanced members operate within their ZPD. Differentiating
instruction will involve total involvement from the teacher. The teacher must
know the students and their needs in order to differentiate the curriculum. By
becoming this in tune with the individuals in the classroom, and by constantly
assessing the response and needs of the students in response to the teaching, a
gathered by learning level or readiness. The teacher a djusts the pace of the
teaching according to the needs of the students as well as their interests and
learning styles.
(GARDNER) and Personality theory ( OCEAN). The theories is more about culture, age
Dissimilarity is principle of nature. No two persons are alike. All the individuals
differ from each other in many a respects. Children born of the same parents and even
the-twins are not alike. This differential psychology is linked with the study of individual
differences. Wundt, Cattel, Kraepelin, Jastrow and Ebbing Haus are the exponents of
differential psychology. This change is seen in physical forms like in height, weight,
attitude, aptitude, learning habits, motor abilities, skill. Each man has an intellectual
capacity through which he gains experience and learning. Every person has the emotions
of love, anger, fear and feelings of pleasure and pain. Every man has the need of
inherited traits and acquired traits. There are various causes which are responsible in
bringing individual differences. They are narrated by some factors such as heredity
where some heretical traits bring a change from one individual to other. An individual’s
height, size, shape and colour of hair, shape of face, nose, hands and legs so to say the
style of life characteristics. Environment does not refer only physical surroundings but
also it refers the different types of people, society, their culture, customs, traditions, social
Race and nationality also play a role cause of individual difference. Indians are
very peace loving, Chinese are cruel; Americans are very frank due to race and
nationality. Due to sex variation one individual differs from other. Men are strong in
mental power. On the other hand women on the average show small superiority over men
in memory, language and aesthetic sense. Women excel the men in shouldering social
responsibilities and have a better control over their emotions. Age is another factor which
naturally grow with age. When one grows in age can acquire better control over our
emotions and better social responsibilities. When a child grows then this maturity and
While education is one major factor which brings individual differences. There is
a wide gap in the behaviors of educated and uneducated persons. All traits of human
beings like social, emotional and intellectual are controlled and modifies through proper
Personality. It is seen that uneducated persons are guided by their instinct and emotions
Which theory, in comparison to other theories, I think has taught me a lot for my teaching?
Elaborate how and why?
classroom because according to this theory, people have many different ways of learning.
Unlike traditional theories of intelligence that focus on one single general intelligence,
Gardner believed that people instead have multiple different ways of thinking and
learning. The theory has identified and described eight different kinds of intelligence such
intelligence and Naturalistic intelligence. This theory also proposed the possible addition
of a ninth type which he refers to as "existential intelligence perhaps had the greatest
impact within the field of education, where it has received considerable attention and use.
This theory conceptualization of intelligence as more than a single, solitary quality has
opened the doors for further research and different ways of thinking about human
everyday experiences such as students will think and learn in many different ways. It also
curriculum assessment and pedagogical practices. In turn, this reflection has led many
educators to develop new approaches that might better meet the needs of the range of
Learning Theory describes how students absorb, process, and retain knowledge
experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a world view, is acquired or changed
and knowledge and skills retained. There are 5 main theories of learning such as Social
the fundamental idea that behaviors that are reinforced will tend to continue, while
behaviors that are punished will eventually end. In operant conditioning, a voluntary
response is then followed by a reinforcing stimulus. In this way, the voluntary response
(e.g. studying for an exam) is more likely to be done by the individual. In contrast,
memory. It is a concern with the problem of representation and how the mind represents
reality and, in the case of memory, how experience is represented, retained, and
reconstructed. Its evaluate the models against empirical findings and against current
knowledge about brain function and architecture and address the relationship between
While Social Learning Theory, theorized by Albert Bandura, posits that people
learn from one another, via observation, imitation, and modeling. The theory has often
been called a bridge between behaviorist and cognitive learning theories because it
encompasses attention, memory, and motivation and for Ausebel’s theory focuses on
relate new knowledge to relevant concepts they already know. New knowledge must
psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan. Motivation, in this context, is what moves
us to act. The theory looks at the inherent, positive human tendency to move towards
growth, and outlines three core needs which facilitate that growth. Those needs are
and personality that concerns people's inherent growth tendencies and innate
psychological needs. It is concerned with the motivation behind choices people make
without external influence and interference. SDT focuses on the degree to which an
motivation.[5]Intrinsic motivation refers to initiating an activity for its own sake because it
goal (extrinsic motivation). Different types of motivations have been described based on
the degree they have been internalized. Internalization refers to the active attempt to
transform an extrinsic motive into personally endorsed values and thus assimilate
Which theory, in comparison to other theories, I think has taught me a lot for my teaching?
Elaborate how and why?
In my opinion, it is depends on the subject, the context and the educator too. I
think constructivist is a good approach that can be adopted in higher education institution
alternative methods of assessment, help student transfer skill to real world and promote
motivation to learn. Besides, when the learner have experience around the topic, they able
Theory, and Cognitive Learning Theory. Experiential Learning Theory (C. Rodgers,
1994) suggests that significant learning takes place when the subject matter is relevant to
the personal interests of the student instead of just the delivery of content. To create
interest in the subject, CTB utilizes real-life video vignettes at the beginning of each
lesson. Learning is also facilitated by directly confronting practical, social, and personal
problems. For instance, the health risk of STDs and pregnancy are confronted through
real-life video interviews of teens who are struggling or have struggled with these
problems. The CTB curriculum emphasizes that abstinence is the only 100% certain
observing desired behavior and the outcomes of those behaviors. CTB curriculum uses
Social Learning Theory through role-plays and activities that demonstrate how to resist
unwanted peer and relational pressure to have sex. The role-play activities in the
classroom helps students develop confidence that these same skills will work in their
personal situations.
Cognitive Learning Theory (Holder et all, 1991; Miller et al., 1995) underscores
the importance of gaining attention, stimulating recall of prior learning and providing
guidance and feedback to enhance retention. CTB utilizes a student manual which was
developed based on this theory. Each student records responses to discussion questions
and receives feedback on key learning points. In addition large classroom posters are used
steps for the student. For example the three steps to resisting peer pressure and being
assertive are: Set it! (setting boundaries for sexual activity and determining how far the
individual will go), State It! (verbalizing those boundaries) and Show it! (showing that
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