Developmental Theories of Children

My Thoughts on Developmental Theories of Children.

            In reading the Developmental theories of Erik Erickson, Jean Piaget, and Sigmond Freud I found them all to in some way relate to each other.  They all theorize of a building upon each stage or a scaffolding of stages and development.  A person has to pass/move through one stage to get to the next.  A person can get stuck in a stage or have a stage they favored and would like to stay at, but most move from one to the next coming out as the adult they have developed to be.  All the theories as a whole complete the whole of a human.  Erikson’s theory relate to a human’s social and emotional development, Piaget’s theory relates to Cognitive and Logical development, and Freud’s theory related to physical and sexual development.  Each alone has its own points, but if you take them in correlation with each other the picture is much more rounded.  Just as a human has many different aspects so should the developmental theories that make up its ideal adult.  As a teacher of children passing through all of these developmental stages it is our job to look at all of the theories and take the best ideas from each of them, make them our own, and find a way to educate children as they go through these stages.  If we can match our teaching with the developmental stage the child is at their learning will be the most efficient it can be.  The child will hopefully benefit greatly and become the ideal adult in the future.  We are responsible for building strong foundations.