Rousseau's 5 Stages of Child Development

Discover Rousseau's philosophy of education and the five stages of development in this 6:12 minute video lesson.

Rousseau’s philosophy of education is based on the idea that children should develop a strong, virtuous character, the ability to reason and a refined sense of sentiment.
To explain his ideas, Rousseau wrote “Emile, or On Education”. The book tells the story of a boy, who goes through childhood, boyhood, preadolescence, adolescence and adulthood.

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COLLABORATORS
Script: Jonas Koblin
Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Mithrilda
Coloring: Nalin
Editing: Peera Lertsukittipongsa
Sound Design: Miguel Ojeda
Production: Selina Bador
Fact Checking: Ludovico Saint Amour di Chanaz

SOUNDTRACKS
Midnight Mischief - Jonathan Boyle
A Toys Day Out - Shaun Frearson

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CHAPTER
00:00 Introduction to Rousseau's theory
00:27 Rousseau's book: Emile, or On Education
00:45 Stage 1 Early Childhood
01:43 Stage 2 Boyhood
02:29 Stage 3 Preadolescence
03:14 Stage 4 Adolescence
04:11 Stage 5 Adulthood
04:56 Public opinion on Rousseau's book
05:22 What do you think?
05:46 Patrons credits
05:55 Ending

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[malcolmmills]

That is the way to raise freethinkers by observing, listening and interacting. I would love my child to be raised like that and not believing in everything they hear.

[mustafabayram]

I'm a teacher and I got a lot of pedagogy lessons, read a thousand books then became a father of two. Now I'm thinking the wisest word to explain what I encounter is "no plan survives first contact with the enemy".

[Tetradepodmelontea]

Russou actual attitude towards his children speaks volumes, though...

[aliciatorres]

There are many flaws in this type of thinking by Rousseau. The main problem I have is that the man self governs and expects the woman to be weak and passive. This is the main reason why children get traumatized. Everyone should be treated with respect and learn to have safe boundaries. Nevertheless at times as parents we don’t always get the results we want. In my humble opinion I raised my children with what I thought was good for them. I shaped their lives with love, compassion kindness and encouragement. My sons are doing well today. I only hope that they will raise their children with the best of their ability with love compassion and kindness and encouragement too. A Mommy in Queens 👸

[soundrogue]

What; the church hating the idea that you don't have the child grow up to be a parrot but to be a critically thinking person?

[rcfokker]

Maintain a healthy distance between the child and the State's schools ... he was right about that!

I also agree with the notions of 'learning useful manual skills', and of letting the child direct his own learning ... specifically, tailoring one's education towards favored interests and loves.

I'd personally like to see greater emphases upon horticulture, music, philosophy and oration. Surely, there is something there for everyone.

[AftabAlam-yweq]

Adjusting the timeline a little bit could result in an Emile that will be the best of humanity has to offer.

[TodSlth]

"Since children are born essentially good...".

That's not what child psychology class taught me.

[srushtibawankar]

I guess in a way, what writer did was harmonious. Few things like letting child learn his own concepts was a good idea.

[international]

Finally ❤❤❤❤ Rousseau, I wanna know how did he explain "social contract" how is different from Voltaire's prespective and others.

[emuronjoseph]

With peer influence causing some children to go wrong direction is important for the the parent to protect and atleast have an eye on their children . It shouldn't be completely cut off the society

[einatangela]

I watched all of your content, and still I need more

[hosseinzeinalifard]

There are some factual issues in this clip. The ages mentioned are not accurate. There are also only 4 stages, not 5. In addition, there are some discrepancies in the descriptions of the stages.

[einatangela]

When I see that you have a new video, I am very happy. Thanks you for the knowledge.❤❤

[Msbadncoolevr]

The concept and role of personal tutor as explained in this video is ideal but quite difficult (expensive, perhaps impractical ) to find for every child. Even with the promise of personizable AI tutors, the roles the tutor is supposed to play here may not be fulfilled given that the tutors role is to 1. Shield the child from bad influence (can AI do this?) 2. Observe, guide and comment (can AI do this?) 3. Be human and present ( can AI do this?)

[anarshimunkhbat]

Thank you for the video. Beautiful voice with a soothing and calm tone makes the video pleasing to listen. Illustrations were mesmerising. Thanks again for making many good videos like this one.❤❤❤

[immortallegend]

Id love to see a video of "Laws of nature vs nurture" or the origin of "Natures law"

[alihamad]

“Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” Rousseau says, I have been waiting for this wonderful video Thanks soo much!! I think there are similar ideas between him and Pestalozzi and Dewey. I would say that he belongs to "social constructivist perspectives", I am wondering if this is true?
I am also very excited to learn about his rival Voltaire and his opinion about "social contract" comparing to Hobbes, John Locke, and Freud.

[Maggie-zbgx]

Sounds like a good plan to me. Let the developing mind explore instead of fit into a preconcieved box. Then when it is developed it can operate outside of the box. Isnt that a good trait?

[leahkilley]

Hey, team at Sprouts!
Thank you for doing this video! It was very informative!
Could you do a video about Mildred Parton's stages of play next? Thanks in advance!