For Chapter 1 the class learned about the basics of this the lifespan development. This chapter covered the basic issues of todays growth and development and how it affect some aspects of behavior.
1. The significant learning I wanted to point out for this chapter is Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory. I believe that this is important to the beginnings stages of development. Why? Because this theory is learned through someones community. Thus it is learned through people and eventually passed on through the next generations. The books definition states, "Sociocultural theory, focuses on how culture, the values, beliefs, customs, and skills of a social group is transmitted to the next generations. According to Vygotsky, social interaction in particular, cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members of society- is necessary for children to acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community's culture." The adults are the expects in this theory because when they pass down the language to their children, they are letting them acquire new information that will help them participate in meaningful conversations and teach them to acquire new knowledge for having their own thoughts and actions to acquire new skills succeed.2. This component will apply to the learning by preparing them to acquire skills of language to prepare them for new dialogues to be shared with other people and with the next generations. In a child's culture they will be able to learn from the expects (adults) and they will be able to communicate with others effectively. One example I wanted to share was having someone teach you something. Just because someone thought you how to speak a language does not mean you will automatically have the same experience as the teacher. Children will experience their know mistakes and learn from them. Lastly, as it was mentioned in the beginning, children will pass down the information that was learned through their culture to new young children of the next generations.
