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Week 2 Assignment, Advice to Parents
Instructor Name: Shareesa McMurdie
Student’s Name: Jonel Mae Lim
Subject: Child Development
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Chapter 2: Letter 2
I’m looking at various preschool programs for my daughter. Several have mentioned
that they follow a Piagetian or Vygotskian approach. I’m not sure what that means; can
you enlighten me?
My Advice to Parents
Hi Parent, I know you are overwhelmed in choosing what’s best for your child’s education. You
mentioned Piaget and he is known as the greatest developmental psychologist of all time
(p.41). I believe that the school knows and values the children’s learning experiences. Also, it is
nice to apply new approaches to children especially when they are in the developing stage and
help them in learning new things, and in that way, they can advance their thinking.
I heard you mention Vygotsky too, bless your heart that the school also knows its approach to
teaching children. Lev Vygotsky was the pioneer of the sociocultural perspective (p47). His
approach is that people do not develop in isolation but rather in relationship to the culture of
their community, by words and actions of other people.
You need not worry about these approaches to learning education because they are crucial in
the cognitive development of a child. Just do your research about these approaches, and visit
often the school that you think is best for your child’s needs.
References
The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence, Kathleen Stassen Berger