Deck 2: Looking at Children

Question 1

Behaviourists explain motivation in terms of schedules of positive and negative reinforcement.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following are key ideas related to child development?

A) Placing an emphasis on cultural development
B) Placing an emphasis on social development
C) Placing an emphasis on emotional development
D) Placing an emphasis on self-esteem and identity

Answer 2

A, B, C, D

Question 3

Which of the following statements are correct?

A) Learning is a process of interaction between what is known and what is to be learned.
B) Learning is a social process
C) Learning is a situated process
D) Learning is a metacognitive process

Answer 3

A, B, C, D

Question 4

Which of the following can be encouraged through play?

A) Imagination and thought
B) Well-being and relationships with others
C) Physical development
D) Language and literacy
E) Cross-curricular investigation skills

Question 5

Which of the following opportunities to play and explore are seen as key to children's engagement in the EYFS?

A) Follow directions
B) Find out and explore
C) Play with what they know
D) Be willing to 'have a go'

Question 6

What is child development and why is it important in education?

Question 7

What would you consider to be the most important aspect of a learning environment?

Question 8

What teaching skills are you keen to develop further and how will you do that?

Question 9

What does the phrase 'children learn through play' mean to you?

Question 10

Which are the main learning theories?

A) Behaviourism
B) Constructivism
C) Self-learning
D) Social constructivism

Question 11

Who identified the crucial role of imaginative play in the development of the human mind?

A) Piaget
B) Vygotsky
C) Bruner
D) Malaguzzi

Question 12

The Early Years Foundation Stage is a statutory framework in England.

Question 13

All children do in the early years is play

Question 14

Play is only for the early years

Question 15

Play and work are completely different from each other

Question 16

Who is best known for introducing the notion of the child as an active learner?

A) Piaget
B) Vygotsky
C) Bruner
D) Malaguzzi

Question 17

Who was responsible for developing the concept of &'scaffolded learning'?

A) Piaget
B) Vygotsky
C) Bruner
D) Malaguzzi

Question 18

Who noticed that children's questions could be used to show what they were thinking and used these to take learning to very complex levels?

A) Piaget
B) Vygotsky
C) Bruner
D) Malaguzzi

Question 19

Consider the classroom power balance between adult and child in classrooms you are familiar with. How does it support or disrupt play-based learning, in your opinion?