Free Range Learning Theory

Mead’s role taking theory talks about how we try to understand how someone else feels and thinks and anticipate how that person will act. Piaget has identified four stages children go

He theorized that three things helped developed a person’s self and they are: Language, Play, and Games. According to Mead,

4. According to G. H. Mead, children learn to take the role of the other as they model themselves on important people in their lives, such as parents. Mead referred to these people as:

The nature of “I” is entirely socially, its main characteristic is the ability to become an object for oneself, hence, the ability to self-consciousness, which distinguishes it from inanimate objects and living bodies (p. 378). The features of the behavior and the establishment of the group, a specific socio-cultural system, a certain society, according to Mead are the concepts of “generalized other." Elements of the generalized other can also be inanimate objects in the form of objects of material culture and physical environment.

Four principal scholars explored the symbolic interaction theory, George Herbert Mead, Charles Horton Cooley, William Isaac Thomas, and Herbert Blumer (Smith & Hamon, 2012). George Herbert Mead proposed that through interaction with others, we learn about ourselves—this is done through three stages; play stage, game stage, and generalized other (Smith & Hamon, 2012). He identifies the movement between “I” and “me.” “I” being the spontaneous, immediate reactions to a situation, “me” being the roles learned from prior experiences (Smith & Hamon, 2012). Charles Horton Cooley had the idea of the “looking-glass self”—which explains individuals consider how they appear to others in order to create their own concept of themselves (Smith & Hamon, 2012). The third scholar, William Isaac Thomas, was known for the definition of the situation, which led to the idea that understanding perspective of the people involved in the situation was necessary to understand human behavior in general (Smith & Hamon, 2012). The Thomas Theorem stated

  1.  Discovering the Self – How do we perceive ourselves and our interactions with others?

Children are arguably one of the most beloved creatures on the face of planet earth. Sooner or later, a child will have to start developing into a man or woman, something every kid has to experience within his or her lifetime. Kids have to develop in a environment which they can grow up to be strong intellectual adults. They typically live in a safe environment with their parents and go to school on a daily basis while coming home to their families who happen to live within a very safe environment.

Hi everyone, I am observing on Wednesdays from 8-10 and Fridays 3-4 in Cuesta Children’s Center Preschool 2. I believe a child’s environment can affect their mood, social skills, ability to learn, mental health, and physical health. These essential elements need to be meet or it will affect their adult lives. I feel the Cuesta Center does a remarkable job of offering all of these, and has wonderful transitions throughout the day. I enjoy observing the teachers modeling acceptable class room behaviors, asking open-ended questions while using descriptive language to help to expand children’s speech, and they were engaged in the children’s presents. I was engrossed with how the class offers multiple opportunities for children to broaden their

Children, for instance, are not always pleasant to be around. They are growing and developing into being an individual, which can look very messy as they learn how to communicate, to work with others, empathize, self-regulate, as well as not lick everything. In fact, as a developing educator I must first understand that this profession is not for the faint at heart. It takes dedication, commitment, time, attention, and continued professional development while utilizing evidence-based research to ensure I have the necessary tools to meet my students’ demanding needs. Loving children is certainly part of the job, however, there are elements in love that are necessary to produce effective care. For instance, guidance is an essential element of love as boundaries are another(Gonzalez-Mena, 2017,p.175). Without guidance or boundaries, a child will have a difficult time self-regulating and understanding the limits within their environments. Children need assistance to grow and develop through the various factors that are often at conflict with one another(Gonzalez-Mena, 2017,p.174). Therefore, to be an effective teacher, one must provide a responsive learning environment that will guide and encourage the child to develop to their fullest in every domain.

George Herbert Mead was a very influential figure in the history of American philosophy. Mead developed symbolic interactionism where he believed that mind and ego were the products of society. It was believed that symbols grew in mind and used as methods of thinking and communication. Mead focused on how people interact in their daily lives utilizing symbolic interaction and how they create order and meaning. In one of Mead's writings, Mind, Self and Society, he goes on to describe the way a person's mind in addition to themselves ascends from the social process. Mead

formulate a self concept or idea of what we are like (Saunders, 2013 , p.67). Mead essentially

The two aspects of the Self according to Mead is the “me and “I”. The “me” is our social self and the “I” is our response to the “me”. The “me” is the interaction of the individual with other people and the “I” is the response of the individual to the community. The “I” subjective self and “me” is the organized self. The “I” is impulsive and subjective. The “me” is more objective, organized, gives direction and is less emotion. One example is that the “me” the individual may understand by watching significant others and teachers. That after high school in the US you usually go directly to college. The “I” might responded to maybe there is a better way, it might be better to travel or work for a year

During my observations in the different classrooms at “The childcare Center”, I learned about the proper environment, the fundamentals of the teachers lesson plans, their health and safety regulations, their approach to guidance and discipline, and overall quality childcare. The center has eight different levels of age groups; each of them has their own curriculum based on their age and developmental needs. This curriculum changes and has a new theme each month that helps the lead teachers to be able to start their lesson plans each week. From infants all the way to pre-K the lesson plans include fine motor, gross motor, art and sensory, math and manipulatives, music and movement, language including both signing and Spanish.

When introducing the concept of self-consciousness, it can be very difficult for individuals to understand that there are many forms of self-consciousness. Many already have a definition in mind as soon as they hear the word self-consciousness. It is made up of many concepts because it isn’t just a cognitive state, rather, many cognitive states. The mind processes many things as opposed to just knowing things. Humans are capable of doing and desiring many things while self-evaluating and questioning oneself. Everyone is able to consider their own actions and to think about themselves. When thinking, humans are able to consider ideas and depictions regarding the self and others. Regarding oneself allows for evaluating self-worth in refinement to common social roles (Bermudez).

George Herbert Mead was a noted social psychologist who taught at the University of Chicago in the 1930s. He is famous for his theory of the self in which he used the game of baseball to illustrate the complexity of the relationship between the individual and the social environment. In his theory he explained that the social and conceptual abilities required to fully comprehend relationships between different positions in a complex game were similar to the abilities required in the role taking processes that underlie all social relationships and, ultimately, serve as the basis for all social order in society.