GCSE psychology- development, lesson 2- Piaget stages of development

This is lesson 2 of a series of lessons on the development topic. This lesson focuses on Piaget’s stages of development. The powerpoint consists of a total of 17 slides and is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson. This lesson goes alongside the workbook which is also available in my shop.

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• a starter activity on the psychological problems topic. This acts as a retrieval practice task.
• a true or false recap activity- this assesses students understanding of the areas and functions on the brain as taught in lesson 1.
• explanations of how students learn- Piaget’s four stages of development, with diagrams.
• explanations of the key features of each of his four stages
• a short video clip demonstrating Piaget’s conservation task.
• a progress check half way through the lesson- question and answer task.
• application tasks for students to complete- scenarios and questions included on the power point.
• ‘playing Piaget’ activity. This requires students to decide and explain how a child in a particular stage of development would respond in the 2 situations. - worksheet included.
• plenary- review of what students have learnt. This includes a short video clip which should aid students to answer the key question ‘what does this tell us about child development?’.