One thing that interested me most about class today was learning about Erikson’s theory on how we develop. It was very interesting to me because I have kids of my own and I like learning all the different ways they are going to develop. Just talking about some of the stages reminded me so much of how my kids are and how I was when I was younger.
When we talked about autonomy, it brought back memories on the different ways I brought up my kids. When my daughter was born I still lived with my Mom, and my mom is a very neat and clean person. There never can be one thing out of place or dirty in her house. So when my daughter was finally ready to start trying to eat by herself, I never really could let her do it alone because my mom was afraid that she was going to spill something and make a mess.
Now with my son, I had my own home. When he was born and the second he could pick up a spoon, he wanted to eat by himself. I let him do it on his own even though at the beginning he would make a mess, but he ended up eating alone at a lot younger age than my daughter did. My son’s hand coordination was so controlled at such a young age. So by that experience I did learn that I have to let them experience things on their own because it helps them develop and learn new things without the parents’ help. On that note, I believe that Erikson’s theory is pretty precise.—Monique Solis
I think our first class of instruction was very informative. I had never analyzed my own life, growing up like that before. I learned that according to the Erikson’s epigenetic system, I currently fall into a couple of the categories, possibly even three.
I don’t necessarily agree with Erikson’s theory or theories though. I think that most people are products of their environment with the exception to individuals that have a particular desire or aptitude which separates them from those around them. (For example; they don’t relate to the mindset of others in their surroundings.) I feel you have to know about something first, then you have to see and understand a need or purpose for it; then you may chose to obtain it. In many places or cultures people are indifferent to things around them. They have not been exposed to other possibilities, and may not care to be.
I am more influenced by Piaget’s teachings. I understand the logic of it better and can relate to it more. I am more adaptive and assimilative in their behavior and learning’s. They also tend to use classification and decentration more, but incorporate many of Erikson’s grouping theories.—Jerome Jones
I felt that today’s class was an interesting and exciting class. Today Dr. Boyanton passed out a worksheet titled, “On becoming a person: A reflection of my life”, and it helped me evaluate how far I have gotten in life. It also helped me realize that I have made some adjustments as to being careful in what group I work with in case of doing some kind of group project in any class.
In doing a research paper about my own life will help me notice things about me that I need to improve, and hopefully my story will inspire others to become a teacher or achieve any goals they set their minds on doing.
The interesting part of class was that Dr. Boyanton introduced the different theorists that will be discussed in later class lectures. It is interesting to know how Erikson was able to point out the different stages that a person goes throughout their life span. I was able to make a comparison with my life reflection chart, and I could relate every stage with each one.
Another theorist that was covered in class was Piaget, and he researched the cognitive development of humans or the “why we learn?” concept. Two important concepts were covered in class: disequilibrium and equilibrium. It is important to understand these two concepts to be able to understand how the brain functions in terms of acquiring new information.
The memory activity that the class did was interesting to me, because in order for me to remember 16 words out of 25 words my brain had to categorize them in relation to family, color, sports, fruit or objects used for eating. I also noticed that many of the other students also used a similar strategy to be able to remember many of the words. Thank you Dr. Boyanton for making the classroom environment stress less, interesting, exciting and motivating; this helps me learn and understand the course material.—Blue
In this case it is different because the lecture is interesting at least for my personal information it was. It is always good to know why we are eager to learn new things. Also we did the plan on how we were at different life stages and comparing with the other person I see how in some stages her life was different to my, but I relate that to me coming from another country because after middle school when I was already in the US we had more similarities in to our characteristics.
I also like the part where we memorized words and how many we could memorize. I was the second to the highest because I memorized twenty two words and I could probably still remember them by tomorrow because after seeing all the words for a couple of times that is when I figured out there is a family group, a fruit group, an eating group and a exercises group, and I think that Annabel used the same strategy for what she was saying-- Brenda Ramirez
The information we learned in class today is not only helpful as we become teachers but is also something we can use in our lives. Understanding the phases of life helps us understand ourselves as humans. It is very interesting how although every human is different and has its own characteristics, cultures, languages and types of learning, at the end, we all go through the same phases and we all have the same psychological needs.
Learning about our psychological needs help me realize how it’s ok to be in the phase of my life that I am experiencing right now. It made me realize that is natural to feel the way I feel and to accept the new changes and challenges that this new phase of my life has. Today I realized that I did go through the phases 1-18 years how Erikson described them. I wasn’t sure about what phase I was going through at this point of my life but after today’s class I realize where I am and what I need to do to feel good about myself.
I keep in mind the words Dr. Boyanton used to describe that learning about Erikson’s theory helped her not feel sad or depressed about the future. I think that this will also help me realize that as a teacher I would have the opportunity to fulfill the psychological need of ‘integrity’ when I grow older and when I get to that stage of my life. Today I realized that I picked the right profession for me, teaching. Thank you Dr. Boyanton!—Lina
I really enjoyed the lecture of today’s class about different ideas that people have about cognitive learning. Going back to my childhood was fun. I remember my elementary years and they were somewhat fun. I was always the good girl who got the good grades and other students would ask them for help. I couldn’t say no and to this day I have a problem saying no. Sometimes I feel like people take advantage of me, but that is just my nature, to help people. Even if I am really busy and really don’t have the time, I will make time to help others in any way that I can. That is one this that never changed about me and I think never will change about me.—Michelle Shogreen
Knowing that we are going over the theories of development, I see children and I see how their age level goes with the stage that we are covering in class. For example yesterday I went to my friend’s house and her 2 year old daughter wanted to go up the stair by herself and she didn’t let her so I remembered about the Erikson’s psychological development theory. I think that Asya is in the autonomy stage where she wants to explore things by her self and if my friend doesn’t let her Asya will create shame or doubt about herself. When I saw that I took Asyas hand and told her hold yourself from the rail and go up the stairs of course I was behind her but I let her do it on her own. She was happy that she had done it that she was going up the stair and counting 1-3. I also explain the stages to my friend.—Tania Teran
To read other articles of this week:
My View on Piage/Vygotsky/Kohlberg-I
My View on Piage/Vygotsky/Kohlberg-II
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