SPCL 7804X Human Development (Corbin)

Early childhood. Developmental  domains: motor skills; self-help skills;  cognitive development. Piaget’s  preoperational period. Vygotsky’s  theory of cognitive development. Information-processing theory.

Please complete the following PRIOR to our session:

1. Complete the readings.
   • Text Ch. 4, pp. 115-138

2. Self-Reflect.
   • Consider how Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories apply to your own developmental experiences.
   • Continue gathering data from your early childhood.

Piaget called external speech “egocentric speech,” representing its non-communicative nature and lack of perspective-taking. In contrast, Vygotsky considered external speech to serve a self-regulatory role. Can you identify this latter function in the video?

CACREP 3.b.1.; 3.C.1-13;  3.D.1,12; 5.H.15