QTC 2

(2.1) One of the most cited theories of human development is that of Swiss biologist Jean Piaget.  After reading about Piaget’s basic assumptions (p. 27-32) look with particular attention at the stage of child development you would like to teach.  The other most cited theory of human development belongs to Russian developmentalist Lev Vygotsky.  Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development leads us to expect greater diversity among our same-aged students than Piaget.  Given these two influential theorists’ ideas on cognitive development, how might you accommodate students who are not yet working at the level of their peers?

Special Education would include students from the age ranges of 13-21, which would coincide with Piaget's Formal Operations stage and assumes that children of this age have more abilities for logical reasoning. Because special education has such a wide variety of students who will not be working at the level of their peers, I must accommodate in almost every way possible for them. Abstract problems may still be difficult for them so giving them concrete materials to solve problems with. 

(2) Theories in educational psychology promote the idea that language plays a critical role in cognitive development.  Examine Table 2.2 (p. 51), paying particular attention to the age range that you are interested in teaching.  Consider how you might incorporate or adapt the strategies presented for use with your own students.

I would incorporate many of these aspects into my classroom because speech and language difficulty is a major facet in special education. Using terminology associated with academic various disciplines is important. There  will be some words like "examine' that will be very common in science, but I can also use it in other subjects as well. This allows students to explore other vocabulary and review to the ones they've heard of before.I also think distinguishing between similar abstract words is very important. Varying the vocabulary in the room can be important and if even if a word is similar, doesn't always mean that the words are the same meaning.