Mark Klimek - Pediatric teaching

Age 0-2

Sensorimotor stage

PRESENT-oriented only

-only think about what they SENSE or are DOING right now

TEACHING:

-when: teach it as you do it

-what: what you are doing

-how: just say it, no play

Age 3-6

Pre-operational = Pre-schoolers

Fantasy-oriented, imaginary, illogical, no rules

TEACHING:

-when: the hour before or the morning of

-what: what you are GOING to do

-How: use play, stories, books, dolls

Age 7-11

Concrete Operational

(7-11 grocery store surrounded by CONCRETE)

-Rule-oriented

-Live and die by the rules!

-Cannot think abstractly

-They only have one solution, everything else is wrong

-7 is the first age they can administer insulin (do skills)

TEACHING:

-when: days before

-what: what you are GOING to do and skills they need to learn

-how: age appropriate reading and visual/audio

Age 12-15

Formal Operations

-think abstractly

-understand cause and effect

-treat child the same as an adult cognitively

TEACHING:

-when: like an adult

-what: like an adult

-how: like an adult