I n a not so distant past, beer was brewed with an extended and varied array of botanical ingredients. Herbs, roots and spices where used by our European ancestors in order to give their beers distinct tastes, flavours and properties. These botanicals where sometimes referred to as Gruit, hence Gruit Ale.
Vygotskyâs theory is called a socio-cultural theory of cognitive development. He believed that children, in different cultures, learn ways of thinking that are necessary to live in their own culture and community. Children in different cultures develop unique cognitive strengths.
cognitive developments of the young child. Symbolic play, along with deferred imitation and language, signals the development of representational thought (Watson & Jackowitz, 1984; Weininger & Fitzgerald, 1988). The key importance of representational thought is that the child is now able to represent objects and events symbolically .