Hi everyone

My name is Maggy Mokgata, coming from Tzaneen in Limpopo. I am a mother of two, a boy and a girl. I am a BED foundation phase student,  studying and working at the same time.

I have learnt different things from the three theories of Erickson,Piaget and Vygotsky. Erickson's stage of Psychosocial, during this stage, children strongly rely on feedback from peers, teachers and parents to feel honored and confident about their capabilities and achievements. Teachers have a huge role to play in our learners' lives as we should help them improve and trust themselves. In the  Cognitive development theory, Piaget thinks that children learn through interaction with others and they gain new knowledge through existing skills. Children are capable of imitating and they can pretend to be someone they are not and think differently. Vygotsky's Zone of proximal development  encourages teachers to particularly assist their learners, they are able to do their tasks on their own without any assistance, it is possible for them to find difficulties of completing their learning task even if they get assistance. Children use their understanding to express their prior knowledge and skills they have.  Teachers need to know their learners and their difficulties, on that note, they will be able to introduce the Scaffolding method of teaching to serve as problem solving .