JXT2, Educational Theory, Task 1    

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Introduction My instructional setting is not your typical middle school class. I am a band director that teaches beginning band students how to play musical instruments. We start from ground zero, square one. I usually have larger than average classes as well making human development theories an important consideration for my curriculum and my instruction. Human Development Theories I will be evaluating the appropriateness of Eriksons Psychosocial Development theory and Vygotskys Sociocultural Cognitive Development theory in relation to my instructional setting. One of the main tenets of Eriksons theory is that the personality develops over the course of ones lifespan and that the personality develops through eight stages:...