PSYCHOSOCIAL

DEVELOPMENT THEORY
AS SEEN FROM A 6TH
GRADE ELA CLASSROOM
Brittany Eastham
The School &
The Teacher
• 6 th Grade ELA

• Who is Mrs. Smith?

• A little about Weber

Middle School

•
Psychosocial
Development
Theory
• Erik Erikson

• What is the theor y?

• What are the 8 stages

of development?
Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority

In Need of Recognition
"Am I good enough?" "Am I capable?"
and Positivity

How does Mrs. Smith

Recognition and
handle situations and how Erikson's Theory in Mrs.
Constructive Criticism in
does her response affect Smith's Class
the Classroom
the students?
CONCLUSION

What we say and how

we say it matters!
 Berns, R. (2013). Chapter 2: Ecology of
Socialization. In Child, family, school,
Community: Socialization and suppor t (pp.
48–52). essay, Wadsworth /Cengage
Learning. 

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