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 * __INTASC Standard 2__

The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social and personal development.

__Specific Category of Standard 2__

INTASC.2.A K: The teacher understands how learning occurs--how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind--and knows how to use instructional strategies that promote student learning.

INTASC.2.D D: The teacher appreciates individual variation within each area of development, shows respect for the diverse talents of all learners, and is committed to help them develop self-confidence and competence.

__Understanding Sentence__** A teacher must understand how a child learns and develops to be an effective teacher and to support the child’s development.


 * __Artifacts__**
 * Piaget and Perry's Four Stages of Development [[file:GroupAssignment3.doc]]
 * How to Essay [[file:mrs0210EDRE4840HTE.doc]]

__**Reflect**__

The key to any profession is first to establish the ground rules and secondly to determine what is going to happen and why. All the theorists--Piaget, Perry, Gardner, etc.--have all excelled in trying to find out, from birth until death, why, what, and how we learn. Most of the theories piggyback on each other by picking up where the other left off, sometimes making huge strides, and other times running alongside each other while looking at different sides of the issue. However, they are all trying to establish how, why, and how do we do it better? These issues are demonstrated in my two artifacts, Piaget and Perry’s Four Stages of Development and my How to Essay. From combining all their teachings and continually applying new and revamped research and continuing education, we can and will become better teaching professionals.


 * __Project__**

The artifacts Piaget and Perry’s Four Stages of Development and How to Essay reflect what I have learned from the material and from my professors. Their insight and elaborations have helped me to have a better understanding of how and why a child learns. By remembering those underlying reasons and by tapping into the prior knowledge of my students, I will be even more successful in my teachings to them. In continuing the education process, I will be able to lay foundations that future teachers will be able to draw from and expand the knowledge that I have given them.