Planning Effective Learning Environments for Learning and Teaching

PLANNING EFFECTIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS FOR LEARNING
AND TEACHING
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1. Comparison of the theories of Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky, and Piaget..............................3
2. Choose the work of one of the theorists which you have researched and resonates most with
your values and / or experience and discuss how this might impact on the way you develop
curriculum and cater for the wellbeing of children................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Effective learning environment effectively supports supporting learning culture. It is
essential for teachers to facilitate collaborative learning with the help of understanding various
learning practices and measures. It helps in enhancing students growth and development process
in a well define and effective manner. Present report has been conducted on the comparison
between the theories of Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky, and Piaget. In addition to this, proper evaluation
of Piaget early childhood theory is also included in this report.
MAIN BODY
1. Comparison of the theories of Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky, and Piaget
Comparison of Early Childhood Theories
Bronfenbrenner Vygotsky Piaget
Main ideas of the
theory into how
children learn and
develop.
Main ideas
associated to
Bronfenbrenner
childhood
(Christensen, (2016)
theory is that,
development of
children is mainly
get affected due to
each and everything
that prevails in their
surrounding
environment.
It involves
discussion upon
socio-cultural
cognitive
development
(Daniels, (2016). It
has been evaluated
that the, main
concept which is
associated with
Vygotsky theory is,
assisted learning
within the zone of
proximal
development.
In this discussion
upon Piaget,
constructivist
cognitive
development is
being done which is
mainly linked with
the concept of
egocentrism as a
type of
preoperational
children (Lourenço,
(2016).
Teaching strategies With the help of this It has been evaluated According to this
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