Born: August 9, 1896
Died: September 16, 1980
Current day
application
Educators use Piagets knowledge to design
their curriculum and activities to create
an environment
in which children can "learn by experience".
“Everytime one prematurely teaches a
child something he could’ve
discovered himself that child is kept
from inventing it, and consequently
from understanding it completely”
- JEAN PIAGET -
Facts
Piaget was the first psychologist to make a
systematic study of cognitive
development.
His exploration added to our comprehension
of the psychological development of kids. Even
though some people saw kids more as small grown-ups,
Piaget showed that a kids childhood is a pivotal time.
He basically changed the way
people view how children
learn.
Piaget's theory of cognitive development helped
improve our understanding of children's intellectual
growth, emphasizing that children were not simply
passive recipients of knowledge.
Fun Fact
In 1979 he received the Balzan Prize.
Research
Jean Piagets famous theory included four
stages of development.
1) Sensorimotor is from birth to two years of
age, it includes the coordination of senses, sensory
curiosity, development of some language used for
demands and cataloguing, and the development of object
permanence
2) Preoperational is from 2 to 7 years old, and
includes symbolic thinking, use of proper syntax
and grammar to express full concepts. Imagination
and intuition are strong, but complex abstract thought is
still difficult. Conservation developed.
3) Concrete Operational is from 7 to 11 years old and includes
concepts attached to concrete situations. Time, space,
and quantity are understood and can be applied, but not
as independent concepts.
4) Formal Operations is 11 years or older and includes
theoretical, hypothetical, and counterfactual thinking. Abstract
logic and reasoning. Strategy and planning becomes possible.
Concepts learned in one context can be applied to another.