InTASC Standard 1
InTASC Standard #1 Learner Development:
The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences (InTASC, 2013).
Brief Discription of Evidence:
During the spring semester of 2022, as part of my EDUC 240- Introduction to Physical and Health Education for Elementary Teachers course, I designed a presentation of milestones for fifth grade with a partner. We included terms that were discussed such as locomotor, manipulated, non-manipulated, gross motor, and fine motor. We also included activities for each term, social/emotional milestones for the age of 10, and our resources. My partner and I presented our milestones presentation in front of the class to share what we found a fifth-grade student should be able to do.
Analysis of What I Learned:
Throughout designing and implementing the milestones presentation, I learned more about fifth-graders, what they should be able to do, and what they still do such as still listening to parents but some children will start lacking respect for adults. While listening to each of the presentations I was able to develop a better understanding of how children's milestones develop over grade levels. This is important because being able to know the importance of milestones of a child to see if they are falling behind to give the student the help they need to see them grow.
How This Artifact Demonstrates my Competence on the InTASC Standard:
I have demonstrated my competence in this standard by being able to complete the milestones presentation and have a deeper understanding of the milestones of a fifth-grader and a brief understanding of other grades. I was able to present my presentation to the class so that they would also gain knowledge of fifth-graders milestones. Learners are able to grow and develop by continuing to the next grade and gaining more skills to practice. One theorist I think is important to this project is Jean Piaget because he believes in cognitive development and the different stages children reach at a certain age level. In research by Cherry (2022), “Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that children move through four different stages of mental development.” This is important because he shows the different stages the child goes through and what they learn such as how a child uses their senses ages from birth to the age of 2 to get to understand the world around them. The milestones presentation shows the development that the children should be completing. This is important because as children are growing they are making connections, relationships, decision making, problem-solving, etc. and they are able to complete milestones as they are growing. I understand that learners grow and develop through different grade levels. I also have learned the different patterns of learning and development vary depending on the grade and/or grade level a student is in. Children are able to work on their linguistics by growing and adding more to their vocabulary as they age. They are able to learn more about cultures throughout their milestones as they grow around their friends. I am more aware of milestones, especially for a fifth-grade student to be able to help a student if they are struggling in completing different milestones. If a student is struggling we could work together on some of the activities to help them accomplish their challenging learning experiences.
Resources
Cherry, K. (2020, March 31). What Are Piaget’s Four Stages of
Development? Verywell
Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/piagets-stages-of-cognitive-
development-2795457
Council of Chief State School Officers. (2013, April). Interstate Teacher
Assessment and Support Consortium InTASC Model Core
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