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Papasotiri, Garifalia; Saiti, Theodoti – Online Submission, 2021
The mobility of peoples and their settlement in our country has created a new dynamic in dealing with population groups with particular linguistic, cultural and social characteristics. At the same time, it brought to the fore the case of the Roma, who have been active in Greece for decades without being fully integrated into the social and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, Minority Group Students, Migrants
Hurst, KeShawn J. – Online Submission, 2018
This paper will examine the cognitive development. Specifically, it will include and inform others about the cognitive development of children with speech and language disabilities. In addition, it will be discussing the major factors of speech and language impairment and assistive technologies that can affect the students' academic performance
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Children, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
Petty, Ana Lucia; de Souza, Maria Thereza C. Coelho – Online Submission, 2012
The aim of this paper is to discuss executive functions and playing games, considering Piaget's work (1967) and the neuropsychological framework (Barkley, 1997, 2000; Cypel, 2007). Two questions guide the discussion: What are the intersections between playing games and the development of executive functions? Can we stimulate children with learning…
Descriptors: Games, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Play
Costley, Kevin C. – Online Submission, 2012
Lev Vygotsky is no doubt one of the leading educational theorists in history. His theories have been used to guide teaching and learning in public school classrooms for over a century. Vygotsky was considered to be one of the most creative psychologists of the twentieth century. This article covers a brief accounting of his birth, life…
Descriptors: Role Models, Psychologists, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
Kazemi Tari, Somayeh – Online Submission, 2008
Although many researchers have worked on memory development, still little is known about what develops in memory development. When one reviews the literature about memory, she encounters many types of memories such as short term vs. long term memory, working memory, explicit vs. implicit memory, trans-saccadic memory, autobiographical memory,…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Development, Children, Adults
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2018, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Moberg, Eric – Online Submission, 2006
Malcolm Knowles laments the paucity of "thinking, investigating, and writing about adult learning" in the opening sentence of his theoretical framework of "Andragogy" (1998, p. 35). Knowles' central argument is that we learn differently as adults from how we learn as children, so we should tailor adult education accordingly. Knowles highlighted…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Adult Learning, Differences, Instruction
Clarken, Rodney H. – Online Submission, 2005
This paper will present evidence to support ontogenetic and phylogenetic parallels and draw from these comparisons to further illuminate our understanding of micro and macro human development. Individual and collective stages of physical, psychological and spiritual development will be compared and their homologous structures examined.…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Developmental Stages, Individual Development, Physical Development