Physical exercise and recess are important for children of all ages. Play allows children to play make-believe, explore language and interact with other students. Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. It is important as teachers to encourage students to play and do extra-curricular activities. Urie Bronfenbrenner created the bioecological model of human development. There are four systems in the bioecological model. There is the microsystem which is the individual person, their immediate family and house. There is the mesosystem which is your school, neighborhood and work. It is the interactions and relationships with the people and events in the microsystem. There is the exosystem that includes all the social settings that affect the child directly and indirectly. The last system is the macrosystem is the larger society, people’s values, laws and traditions. There are different kind kinds of parenting styles. There are authoritative parents who have high warmth and high control. There are authoritarian parents who have low warmth and high control. There are permissive parents who have high warmth and low control. There are rejecting/neglecting/uninvolved parents who have low warmth and low …show more content…
Autonomy versus shame and doubt. This is the beginning of self-control and self-confidence. Kids experience this in kindergarten when they learn to go to the bathroom alone or start dressing themselves for school. Stage five in Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development is identity versus inferiority. Children learn new skills and risk failure and incompetence. Stage 8 is ego integrity versus despair. This happens in late adulthood where you gain a sense of acceptance of oneself and a sense of fulfillment. Self-concept refers to individual’s knowledge and beliefs about themselves. It is some ones ideas, feelings, attitudes and expectations. Younger children have positive and optimistic views of themselves. As students get older and mature they become more realistic. Self-concept is the foundation of social and emotional development. Self-esteem is an overall, general feeling of self-worth that incorporates your self-concepts in all areas of your life. Moral reasoning is thinking about right and wrong. As a teacher we influence students thought process on what the view as right and