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The Age of Reason

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8616
New York, NY : Insight Media, c2003
1 videocassette (28 min.)
Series Child development : stepping stones
Discusses how school-age children's thought processes become more sophisticated, more logical, and based in reality. Also discusses the cognitive stage that Jean Piaget called capable of moral reasoning. The program explores Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning and considers the criticisms of this theory. It discusses schoolchildren's use of code-switching and considers the implications of total immersion, bilingual education, ESL programs, and other ways of learning more than one language

Note "The following is a college course based on the textbook: "The Developing Person", written by Kathleen Stassen Berger and published by Worth Publishers" -- opening captions

Brain Research: Theory

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.8342

[Phoenix, AZ ; Denver, Colorado] : NSCI, c1997

1 videocassette (85 min.)

Series Educator's edge : practical applications for professional development 

"How our brain works. How to make it work better."

            Learning -- United States 

            Learning, Psychology of -- United States 

            Brain -- Research -- United States 

            Brain -- United States 

Building Academic Background Knowledge (DVD) programs 1, 2, 3

JMU Media Resources DVD 4414
Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, c2005
1 DVD (ca. 97 min.) + 1 facilitator's guide, in binder
Based on the book "Building background knowledge for academic achievement" by Robert Marzano
"The first program examines the neuroscientific basis for learning language, concepts, and vocabulary, and connects this information to what the research says about how children best acquire new academic terms and understanding. It also explores characteristic 8 of effective direct vocabulary instruction by describing how schools can prepare to teach new concepts and build background knowledge by systematically identifying words and concepts to teach in every subject area and grade level. The second and third programs focus on characteristics 1-7 of effective direct vocabulary instruction."--Guide
Contents: Art and science of teaching (ca. 29 min.) -- Teaching vocabulary characteristics 1-3 (ca. 36 min.) -- Teaching vocabulary characteristics 4-7 (32 min.)
Academic achievement -- United States
School supervision -- United States
Silent reading -- United States
Vocabulary -- Study and teaching

Classification

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4035

Davis, Calif. : Davidson Films, [198-?]

1 videocassette (17 min.)

Piaget's developmental theory   Shows children responding to tasks that require different mental operations essential to classification. Describes the processes that characterize a child's thinking at successive stages of intellectual development

            Categorization (Psychology)

            Cognition in children

  Child psychology

Concrete Operations

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4148

Davis, Calif. : Davidson Films, c1984

1 videocassette (30 min.) + 1 teacher's guide

            Piaget's developmental theory

            Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980

            Child psychology

            Learning, Psychology of

Conservation

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.4034

Davis, Calif. : Davidson Films, [1967]

1 videocassette (29 min.)

Piaget's developmental theory  Describes three stages in the development of logical intelligence: preoperational, concrete, and the beginning of formal operations.  Demonstrates the idea of conservation and reveals children's thinking processes at different stages of development

            Conservation (Psychology)

            Conservation of substance (Psychology)

            Cognition in children

The Developing Person
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9229

Publisher Fountain Valley, Calif. : Coastline Community College, c2003

1 VHS ( 28 min.)
This lesson introduces students to the scientific study of human development. From John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau through Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson, scholars have considered the impact that nature and nurture have on human development. The video lesson discusses the contexts and influences in which humans develop, focusing on Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of development. The lesson explores some of the major theories from the study of psychology such as psychoanalytic theory, learning theory, behaviorism, and cognitive theory. The final segment introduces the life-span perspective, which considers that development occurs throughout the life span and not just in childhood. Several theories have emerged from this perspective, including the notion of gains and losses occurring throughout a person's lifetime and the changing nature of social interaction as explained by socioemotional selectivity theory.

Developmental psychology
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Erik H. Erikson: a Life's Work

Media Resources   Videotape no.7873

by Frances W. Davidson, John M. Davidson ; produced and distributed by Davidson Films, Inc, c1992

1 videocassette (38 min.) :+ 1 guide (10 p.)

Using archival materials and newly shot footage, this film introduces students to the rich wisdom of Erik H. Erikson. Best known for his identification of eight stages of the life cycle, Erikson spent a lifetime observing and studying the way in which the interplay of genetics, cultural influences and unique experiences produces individual human lives. This video combines biographical information about Erikson with his theoretical proposals to give students an understanding of the relationship between the life experience of a theorist and the work that is produced

            Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-

            Psychoanalysts -- United States -- Biography

            Psychologists -- Biography

            Life cycle, Human -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

            Developmental psychology -- Study and teaching (Secondary)

            Psychoanalysis -- Social aspects

Formal Reasoning Patterns

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4036

[Davis, Calif.] : Davidson Films, 1976  

1 videocassette (33 min.)

Series Piaget's developmental theory 

Note(s) Revised version of the 1971 motion picture entitled: Formal thought

Illustrates tasks that challenge the thinking of secondary school students, including tasks which involve proportional reasoning, separation of variables, combinational logic, and the integration of these in an analysis of a balanced beam with weights

            Reasoning in children 

            Reasoning (Psychology) 

            Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 

            Child psychology 

            Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980 

The Growth of Intelligence in the Preschool Years 

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.4033

[S.l.] : Davidson Films , c1972

1 videocassette (31 min.)

Piaget's developmental theory.  Traces the intellectual development of children three to five years of age to illustrate Piaget's theories of child growth and development

           Cognition in children

            Child development

            Child psychology

            Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980

How Children Learn. How People Learn

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7848

Davis, CA : Davidson Films, c1997
1 videocassette (23:28 min.)
Note VHS
Time listed on container: 35 minutes
Examines how people learn by taking in new information and acquiring new skills

Learning
Learning, Psychology of
Educational psychology

An Introduction to Montessori Philosophy and Materials

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7782
[Yellow Springs, OH] : Educational Video Pub., 2000
1 videocassette (ca. 24 min.)  Note VHS
Beginning with an overview of Montessori philosophy the video specifically covers materials in all five curriculum areas (Practical life, sensorial, language, cultural and math). The video explains how the materials increase in abstraction and uniquely prepare children for lifelong learning; from small muscle skills and practical life activities, to the ability to see mathematical operations in three dimensions
Montessori method of education -- United States
Early childhood education

An Introduction to Montessori Philosophy and Materials

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7782

[Yellow Springs, OH] : Educational Video Pub., 2000

1 videocassette (ca. 24 min.)

Beginning with an overview of Montessori philosophy the video specifically covers materials in all five curriculum areas (Practical life, sensorial, language, cultural and math). The video explains how the materials increase in abstraction and uniquely prepare children for lifelong learning; from small muscle skills and practical life activities, to the ability to see mathematical operations in three dimensions

            Montessori method of education -- United States

            Early childhood education        

Learning

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.1660       

Shawnee Mission, KS : distributed by RMI Media Productions, 1990

1 videocassette (30 min.)

Series Psychology: the study of human behavior

Focuses on how our experiences in the environment help us to learn new behaviors. Looks at how classical conditioning and operant conditioning have helped scientists understand animal behaviors.

            Psychology 

            Learning, Psychology of 

            Learning ability 

            Educational psychology

The Learning Classroom: Theory into Practice

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8827-8839

Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, 2003

13 videocassettes (30 min. each) . + 1 course guide (318 p. ) + 1 facilitators guide
This video-based course is an exploration of learning theory appropriate for grades K-12 and all subject areas for the training of preservice teachers and the professional development of inservice teachers. Each of the 13 half-hour programs, hosted by Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, is dedicated to a specific learning theory and applications of that theory to classroom practice
Contents [Tape] 1. How people learn : introduction to learning theory -- [Tape] 2. Learning as we grow : development and learning -- [Tape] 3. Building on what we know : cognitive processes -- [Tape] 4. Different kinds of smart : multiple intelligences -- [Tape] 5. Feelings count : emotions and learning -- [Tape] 6. The classroom mosaic : culture and learning -- [Tape] 7. Learning from others : learning in a social context -- [Tape] 8. Watch it, do it, know it : cognitive apprenticeship -- [Tape] 9. Thinking about thinking : metacognition -- [Tape] 10. How we organize knowledge : the structure of the disciplines -- [Tape] 11. Lessons for life : learning and transfer -- [Tape] 12. Expectations for success : motivation and learning -- [Tape] 13. Pulling it all together : creating classrooms and schools that support learning

Learning
Learning, Psychology of
Learning strategies
Cognitive learning
Multiple intelligences
Emotional intelligence
Multiculturalism
Social learning
Educational films

Learning in Context: Probing the Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky

JMU Media Resources   DVD 1352       

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003

1 DVD (31 min.) 

Series Cognitive development

"Presents recent work by developmental psychologists that emphasizes the influence of contextual factors in learning and performance. Three sets of experiments involving children are examined: tasks in which deliberately gender-biased instructions are provided; tasks requiring cooperation between asymmetrical pairs of peers; and tasks involving training of students by adults and by peers. The intriguing results of these tests shed light on the impact of stereotyping on performance; the effects of self-perception on competence; and the influence of different teaching approaches on learning. Implications for adults are considered as well"--Container

            Learning 

            Experiential learning 

            Active learning 

            Context effects (Psychology) 

            Piaget, Jean, 1896- 

            Vygotskii, L. S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934 

            Documentary films 

Looking at Learning...Again, Part I  (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)
A video workshop on how children learn for K-12 teachers and administrators

8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.

Understanding how children learn best is an important step toward improving mathematics and science teaching. This series features seven leading educators — Eleanor Duckworth, Joseph Novak, Hubert Dyasi, Constance Kamii, Howard Gardner, Mitchel Resnick, and William Schmidt — who share their ideas on how children really learn. Explore how technology affects learning, learn to elicit and build on students' ideas, and develop strategies for inquiry-based teaching.

Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 1999.

Looking at Learning...Again, Part II (Video on Demand from Annenberg Media)

A video workshop on how children learn for K-12 teachers and administrators

8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and Web site

Through personal interviews, teacher discussions, and classroom video footage, this workshop encourages you to analyze existing theories about how children learn, as well as your own beliefs, and then examine how those beliefs might influence your teaching. Each workshop features a different educator's learning theory and provides the opportunity to discuss, critique, and apply the ideas presented.

Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. 2000.

Memory and Intelligence

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4032

1 videocassette (45 min.) : Davis, CA : Davidson Films, 1971

Piaget's developmental theory   Jean Piaget presents his new work on memory and intelligence at the International Congress of Preschool Educational Specialists in Kyoto, Japan

            Cognition in children

            Child development

Playing and Learning

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8951

New York : Distributed by Insight Media, c2003
1 videocassette (30 min.) VHS
Originally a college course based on the textbook The Developing Person by Kathleen Stassen Berger.

Features information on how preschoolers think and compares the theories of Jean Piaget and Leo Vygotsky
Series Child development : stepping stones

Child development
Child psychology
Children -- Growth
Piaget, Jean, 1896-
Vygotskii, L. S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934

Theories of Development

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.5896    

Barrington, IL : Magna Systems, c1997

1 VHS (29 min.)  + 1 workbook (125 p..)

The developing child    Presents an overview of the major theories of child development and discusses their contradictions.

           Child development

           Child psychology

Theories of Development II
JMU Media Resources DVD 3619

Publisher Lake Zurich, IL : Magna Systems, c2007
1 DVD (17 min.)
Why do early child educators and parents need to understand the educational theories of philosophers from three hundred years ago? Viewers will learn that these theories will give them a foundation upon which to build their own philosophy of education. Learn the theories of John Locke, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Johann Pestalozzi, and Frederick Froebel

Child development
Child psychology
Films for the hearing impaired

Theories of Human Development. Part 1

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8519-8521

Publisher Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2002

3 videocassettes VHS 1/2 in + 1 guidebook (ii, 67 p. )
Discusses theories of developmental psychology, including those of Freud, Erikson, and Ainsworth
Contents Lecture 1. Introduction--the value of theories -- Lecture 2. The early history of child study -- Lecture 3. Two worldviews--Locke vs. Rousseau -- Lecture 4. Later history--becoming scientific -- Lecture 5. Freud's psychodynamic theory -- Lecture 6. How we gain contact with reality--the ego -- Lecture 7. Freud's psycho-sexual stages -- Lecture 8. Erikson's psycho-social theory -- Lecture 9. Erikson's early stage -- Lecture 10. Identity and intimacy -- Lecture 11. Erikson's later stages--adult development -- Lecture 12. Bowlby and Ainsworth's attachment theory
Series The great courses
Great courses (Videorecording)

Developmental psychology
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
Erikson, Erik H. (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994
Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter

To Learn

JMU Media Resources DVD 1574

1 DVD (54 min.)
Language French with English voice overs and subtitles
"In this program, teachers, researchers, a psychoanalyst, a neurologist, a neurobiologist, a psychomotor specialist, and others examine the process of learning and the classroom as a learning center."--Container
Series A question of children: from 4 to 11 years old

Education
Child development

To See Takes Time: Growing Curriculum from Children's Theories

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8712

[Seattle, Wash.] : Harvest Resources, c2004
1 videocassette VHS (27 min.) n
Describes how teachers at Hilltop Children's Center grow curriculum from children's theories. Shows how teachers interpret the "Reggio approach" using study, experimentation and dialog to develop a set of principles to help them co-construct curriculum with children and their families.

Early childhood education -- Curricula
Curriculum planning

Using What We Know: Applying Piaget's Developmental Theory in Primary Classrooms

JMU Media Resources  Videotape no.2663

Davis, Calif. : Davidson Films, 1991 / written and narrated by David Elkind

1 videocassette (ca. 34 min.)

Shows three teachers working with their classes. Linda Wiezorek has a multi-aged group that is shown performing their operetta about Humphrey, the whale. Margie Wong has a multi-cultural class that is shown making number stories. Jeannette Amidon is shown teaching phonics to her class

            Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980

            Child psychology

            Learning, Psychology of

            Education, Primary

Vygotsky's Developmental Theory: An Introduction

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7869    

San Luis Obispo, CA : Davidson Films, c1994

1 videocassette (27 min)

Giants of psychology presents Lev Vygotsky's early childhood learning theories and demonstrates them in classrooms. Focuses on the centrality of social context to development in Vygotsky's thought and argues that it is misleading to evaluate children only on what they accomplish independently. Illustrates four basic concepts from Vygotsky's work: children construct knowledge, learning can lead to development, development cannot be separated from its social context, and language plays a central role in mental development.

            Vygotskii, L. S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934

            Psychologists -- Soviet Union    Child psychology

            Early childhood education -- Philosophy

            Learning, Psychology of

            Constructivism (Education)

The Waldorf Promise

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7781

Los Angeles, Calif. : Landfall Productions, c1997

1 videocassette (54 min.)

Eight public school teachers talk about their Waldorf-inspired education programs

            Waldorf method of education 

            Education -- Experimental methods