Ch. 2 learning log

What?

Chapter two discussed the basics of human development that most people experience. The sequence is relatively the same and the rate is marginally the same. There are spurts that are times of learning and growth, but also plateaus where growth is slow. There are many factors that affect students' learning such as heredity and environment.
The brain has many functions in learning development stages of life. Piaget theorized that there are basically four different stages of development. He explains the details of each stage as well.

So what?

I found the brain development very fascinating. It explains quite a bit when working with teenagers. My 18-year-old brother-in-law was very rough with everybody. He didn't know how to control his strength or when to stop. Not that it's an excuse for him to be disobedient and disorderly, but is is helpful to know that his reasoning and judgment is not as developed as his action impulses. Piaget helps to add a label and explanation for the cognitive abilities student have.

Now what?

Knowing more about these stages of development, cognitive and linguistic, has helped me to be more patient with young people. I've noticed myself growing more cranky as time goes on and less patient with younger siblings and teenagers, but knowing this has helped me to remember what I was like at that age and to be more patient with other. I will definitely need this in a high school setting when my students come to me at the end of the semester begging for a chance to pass.