Theories of Development

This page has links to information on theories of cognitive. personal, social, and moral development.

Cognitive Development

    Required

Piaget: For Details on Piaget's theory, engage in my WebQuest, Discovering and Uncovering Piaget,  http://zunal.com/webquest.php?user=22695 ,(Also linked at this site on the WebQuest page.)

 Optional:Here's a link to a FREE pdf file of his classic book on education, "To Understand is to Invent"http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000061/006133eo.pdf  

    Required

Vygotsky:

     Four Attached Documents - Vygotsky & Applications (PowerPoint), Reciprocal Teaching, Cognitive Behavior Modification and Venn Diagram on Reciprocal Teaching (RT) and Cognitive Behavior Modification  (CBM).

      YouTube video on Vygotsky's Developmental Theory    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx84h-i3w8U&feature=related

Optional

Vygotsky:  Link to an explanation of Gallimore & Tharp's 4 Stage Model of the Vygotsky's ZPD http://www.igs.net/~pballan/ZPD%28Gallimore&Tharp,1990%29.htm

Personal and Social Development 

  Required 

Erikson:  Major Contributions (attached).

   Click on all the links at this site, About.com, on Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologystudyguides/a/eriksonguide.htm

     Two Videos

        1. A Life's Work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlKXofxT-4

        2. A Pale Shade of Yellow, on an Asian girl's struggle with identity. http://current.com/items/88983683_a-pale-shade-of-yellow.htm

Optional

Moral Development  http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html

  This site gives an overview of theories of moral development including Piaget, Kohlberg & Gilligan. Attached below is a chart comparing Kohlberg with Gilligan. This website provides more information on Kohlberg's research http://www.methodspace.com/forum/topics/moral-development-from