Discussion Board 1-
My Christian worldview is definitely developed every day, and has been developing since I was born. The theory I like to talk about and discuss is Jean Piaget’s Cognitive theory. The theory that Piaget introduced during his studies is comparable to every aspects of a person’s life, learning ability, and worldview. Birth to 2 years is the period of Sensorimotor. During this time frame an infant or toddler uses senses and motor abilities to understand the world. Learning is active; there is no conceptual or reflective thought. (Text 45) The most important objective that is gain during this period is object permanence. This is important because it can be related to faith in the Christian Worldview. As a child learns that that objects still exist even when it is out of sight, as a Christian’s faith grows they need little evidence that God exist and Christ died and rose again. They understand God permanence.
The next stage ranges from 2 to 6 years, this is the Preoperational Stage. During this stage children use language to understand the world, noticing colors, shapes, living things and their thinking is egocentric. They are gaining an understanding of the world in their own eyes. One of my preschoolers at the CDC I teach argues with me on if the sky is blue or white, her thinking is that the clouds may also be blue and the sky is actually white. Her understand of the clouds and sky is that the clouds are always in the sky and can change from blue to black. Whereas, you and I know that the sky is blue and because the sun goes down the lack of light turns the sky black at night. She has used her egocentric thinking to solve which is blue and which is white. The same concept is applied to developing a worldview. A Christian begins to build a relationship with Christ, and has a perspective on who they believe Christ to be. For example, I look at