TAL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lev Vygotsky, Identity Formation, Toilet Training

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Teaching and Learning
• Course: TAL 103
• Professor: Post Shawn

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Instructional conversations: teaching through conversation with more capable members of the culture, the teacher"s goal is to. Isolation: will feel lonely if you don"t have some close relationships, does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) sexual relatio(cid:374)s, 7: generativity vs. stagnation, need to find ways to give back, be productive, 8: integrity vs. Identity achievement--describes adolescents who consider realistic options & make choices. Few students achieve this status by the end of high school & continue to develop identity achievement during their college years: these students are decided in their life path, & have experience to be sure about it. Identity foreclosure--describes adolescents who don"t experience with different identities, but commit themselves to goals, values, & lifestyles of others, usually their parents. Identity diffusion--describes individuals who reach no conclusion about who they are & what they want to do with their lives (even after experimenting); they have no firm direction. Says things in the environment affect development: 5 environmental systems affect life-span development, eclectic.