ED2618 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: 18 Months, Theological Virtues, Cardinal Virtues
Principles of Primary RE
Lecture Two – Week Two – The Children We Teach
The focus for today
- Child Development
- Diversity
- Exploring the religious and spiritual capabilities of children
Development of the Whole Person
- Child Development
- Development occurs in stages related to age.
These stages are sequential; they can not be skipped. Each stage of development has certain tasks
associated with it that must be accomplished before moving to the next stage.
There are five areas of development:
- Physical
- Intellectual
- Social
- Emotional
- Moral
There are two that also need to be considered when teaching RE:
- Religious
- Spiritual
Child Development
- Jean Piaget
o Piaget (1936) was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive
development.
o Piaget showed that young children think in strikingly different ways compared to
adults.
o According to Piaget, children are born with a very basic mental structure (genetically
inherited and evolved) on which all subsequent learning and knowledge is based.
- Sensorimotor
o The Age Period of birth to 2 Years Make up the Sensorimotor Stage
▪ The main achievement during this stage is object permanence - knowing that
an object still exists, even if it is hidden.
▪ It requires the ability to form a mental representation (i.e. a schema) of the
object.
- Pre-operational Stage
o The Age Period of 2 to 7 Years Make up the Preoperational Stage
▪ During this stage, young children are able to think about things symbolically.
▪ Egocentric, difficulty taking the viewpoint of others
- Concrete Operational
o The Age Period of 7-12 Years Make up the Concrete Operational Stage
▪ During this period, children develop the ability to think logically and have
more "adult like" thought patterns that, among other things, include the ability
to:
▪ Look at things in-depth: Realize that things are not always as they seem and
that outward appearances are only one aspect to be considered.
▪ View matters from several angles: Approach objects or situations with the
question "what if?" and can envision different scenarios that may play out
based on specific actions.
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Document Summary
Lecture two week two the children we teach. Exploring the religious and spiritual capabilities of children. Development occurs in stages related to age. These stages are sequential; they can not be skipped. Each stage of development has certain tasks associated with it that must be accomplished before moving to the next stage. There are two that also need to be considered when teaching re: Sensorimotor: the age period of birth to 2 years make up the sensorimotor stage. The main achievement during this stage is object permanence - knowing that an object still exists, even if it is hidden. It requires the ability to form a mental representation (i. e. a schema) of the object. Pre-operational stage: the age period of 2 to 7 years make up the preoperational stage, during this stage, young children are able to think about things symbolically.
