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Activity 3 Story involving the interaction of family members
Secondary Education Math (Gen Ed 003)
Eastern Visayas State University
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This activity focuses on a story involving the interaction of family members. Choose a story you want to use for this activity. It can be from a story you have read or a “telenovela” that you watched or plan to watch. Use the matrix below to relate the characters to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
Title of Story/Movie: BRAVE
Write a brief summary of the story:
The movie Brave follows Merida, a young princess expected to enter into an arranged marriage that will unite the clans in her kingdom. With the goal of changing her mother’s stance on this marriage, allowing Merida to make her own choice, our princess consults a witch for a magic spell. Unfortunately, the spell turns her mother into a bear. Through the guidance of a riddle left by the witch, Merida must mend the bond she once tore. Throughout the movie, she progressively understands the riddle differently, moving from the concrete idea of sewing up a tapestry, to the more abstract, and true solution of repairing the relationship she has with her mother. As she matures, Merida experiences each of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.
Character Description
Piagetian Connection
Father What is his stage of cognitive development? Examples: Cite instances why you say he is in this stage. (what he thought of, how he thought, his reactions and attitudes) King Fergus is a loud, easygoing man. He is a very kind person and is very friendly, getting along with others quite well. He is the polar opposite of his wife in that he doesn't stick to or adhere to tradition as strictly as her and enjoys having fun with his children. Fergus does have a temper, often getting annoyed at the antics of his triplet sons and the lords, but he knows how to have a good time and can be fairly patient. He is fun-loving and easy-going, often playing around with his children rather than bringing them up to be royalty.
Mother What is her stage of cognitive development? Examples: Cite instances why you say she is in this stage. (what she thought of, how she thought, her reactions and attitudes) Queen Elinor is initially, a very strict and stubborn authoritarian figure in Merida's life. She demands that Merida follows in her footsteps as queen and follow the customs and traditions of her kingdom. Despite conflicting ideas over Merida's desire for freedom and independence, she only wishes the best for her daughter. She is shown to be a very stern teacher who expects nothing less but compliance from Merida. This causes a strain in the relationship between her and her daughter. In her quest for tradition and responsibility, her ignorance stifles Merida's true self.
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Elinor is very elegant and ladylike, befitting her role as the queen. She understands the importance of her role as a diplomat of the kingdom and is very educated and knowledgeable. Children 1.
What is his/her stage of cognitive development? Examples: Cite instances why you say he/she is in this stage. (what he/she thought of, how he/she thought, his/her reactions and attitudes)
Sensorimotor Stage: Because this stage covers the period in a child’s life when they use solely their five senses to understand the world, Merida goes through this stage at a very young age before the beginning of the movie.
Preoperational Stage: After her mother turns full bear, Merida recognizes the severity of her situation. Finding herself in the ruins of the former home to a prince, who traded his human soul for the strength of ten men, she comes across a large slab of broken stone with bust of the bear prince and his brothers. Therefore, she decides to mend her mother’s newly torn tapestry in order to reverse the witch’s spell. At this point, her thought process has become more comprehensive, but she is still not to the point that she can reason past the concrete representations in her world.
Concrete Operational Stage: In the movie, this stage of Merida’s development relates to the expectation held over her head to marry a boy from another clan. She uses her experiences and her mother’s pantomimed guidance to reason with the clan leaders, explaining the marriage from her point of view. Through this speech, she demonstrates her ability to reason logically and organize her thoughts using real life experiences, and the aid of other concrete representations of concepts.
Formal Operational Stage: Merida begins to transcend the barrier between concrete and abstract reasoning at the end of the movie, realizing the bond in the witch’s story is not tangible, but the invisible tie between her and her mother. She is now ready to rule the kingdom without the support of a husband because her thought process is more advanced than many adults, and she is able to prepare for the future, for which she has no concrete representation. Other Characters
Witch
What is his/her stage of cognitive development? Examples: Cite instances why you say he/she is in this stage. (what he/she thought of, how he/she thought, his/her reactions and attitudes)
The Witch comes off as an eccentric and seemingly harmless old lady who wishes to sell her products. Although she lives a rather recluse life, she expresses interest in whoever visits her cottage as a potential customer.
RESEARCH CONNECTION
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Activity 3 Story involving the interaction of family members
Course: Secondary Education Math (Gen Ed 003)
University: Eastern Visayas State University
