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Explore how education impacts biological and psychological development from birth to maturity. Learn from Erik Erikson's stages of man and Plato's views on realizing individual abilities. Discover strategies to encourage socioemotional development in preschool children.
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Human Development Biological Development: Development of the human being from birth to maturity
Erik Eriksonwrote in his book, Eight Stages of Man (Erikson, 1950) that the most important force driving human behavior and the development of personality was not biological factor. Yet, it was social interaction.
Psychological Development: There is a set of crises that must be resolved in each stages of human biological development (Erik Erikson)
Education provides the opportunity for every individual to realize his/her abilities as well as possible (Plato)
Educational Psychology for Teachers by Woolfolk & McCune-Nicolich: Suggestions for Encouraging SocioemotionalDevelopment The Preschool Child/Developing a Hardy Personality • Encourage initiative in many aspects of classroom work. • Avoid scolding or devaluating a child because he tries something on his own. • Encourage make-believe with a wide variety of roles.