We have already discussed in details of the cognitive development of a child with special emphasis on Jean Piaget’s views. So this is just a follow-up to that post with special reference to Jerome S. Burner.
Bruner, a renowned educational psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the New York University made a detailed study of cognitive […]
Children spend most of their time in the school. They develop their social and cultural self in the school. They are friendly to all all and hostile to some. It is here that they come to have some conflicts either with their class-fellows or some seniors. It is under these situations that our children grow […]
Repression is common in our life. We do not fulfil all our desires. We have to suppress some of them. This is all the more true in case of children. They have to modify their behavior according to social traditions and the demands of elders.
Repression of a severe type and on various occasions leads to […]
Like other children, the gifted children too have certain basic needs such as need for love, for security, for belonging and the need to be accepted as an individual. In addition to these basic needs, the gifted children may have certain special needs like-
the need for knowledge and understanding
creativity and ingenuity
the development of his exceptional […]
