INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 12 .1 (AGES 1 -3 ) & CHAPTER 15 (AGES 3 -6 )

T H E R O L E O F I N T E L L I G E N C E

Intelligence is the ability to interpret and understand everyday situations and to use prior experiences when faced with new situations or problems.

*Interactions with family members, availability of play things and encouragement can promote intelligence*

METHODS OF LEARNING

Incidental Learning-unplanned

Trial and error learning-trying solutions before finding one that works

Imitation-watching and copying others

Directed learning-learning that is taught

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Children learn concepts and categories in stages.

Ex. All round food is a cookie

Intellectual activity is broken into 7 areas:

See Pages 384-391

CH.15 TR ADIT IO N AL V IEWS OF IN TEL LIGENCE

IQ score=

Intelligence test=critics have pointed out several draw backs.

New way of looking at intelligence:

Multiple Intelligences

8 multiple intelligences=which one are you????

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm

THEORIES OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

PAGE 457Piaget’s 4 periods of learning

Vygotsky’s Theory

Montessori’s Theory of Learning

Compare the three theories: which one do you agree with most and why??