Goal: Creative Assignment Create 4 large trading cards or brochures following the requirements below. 4 Products # 1: Who is Piaget / Stages od Cognitive Development (Theory) & Child Example # 2: Who is Vygotsky / Zone of Proximal Development & Sociocultural (Theory) & Child Example # 3: Who is Erikson / Stages of Psychosocial Development (Theory) & Child Example # 4: Bronfenbrenner / Ecological Model OR your Choice Theorist/Theory (same format as Cards 1-3) Requirements Part I: About the Theorist Visual representing the Theorist (portrait) Background information (who are they? how did they contribute to what we understand about child development?) [requires some research and citation(s)] Part II: About the Theory Concise (yet informative) description of the theory/stages of development and a visual of their theory (example: at-a-glance table of stages) [recommended sources: Mooney, Finnan, Eccles] Details about the theory as it relates to ages 5-12 [recommended sources: Redleaf, Finnan, Eccles, class examples] Child Example (what component of the theory, what does it look/how does it apply to grade level or age group you are most interested in, role of the adult facilitator or biological factors as they apply)
