Jean Piaget

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Jean Piaget

• 1896-1980

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Camp

• Cognitivists/Constructivists
• He was interested in child intelligence, and how
  children perform certain mental functions.
• He studied how children build mental maps or
  schemes to respond to experiences in their
  environment.

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Developmental Stages

• 1) Sensorimotor Stage- (birth to 24 months) A
  child does not know that an object is in
  existence when out of sight. (object permanance)
• 2) Preoperational Stage-(24 months- 7 years)
  Child understands concrete situations instead of
  abstract views.
• 3) Concrete Operations- 7-12 years) Child begins
  to understand abstract views and sees things
  logically.
• 4) Formal Operations- (12 years on) Childs
  cognitive structures are like that of an adult,
  and include conceptual reasoning.

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Thang

• Developmental Stages

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Educational Imapct

• Curriculum- Educators must plan a developmentally
  appropriate curriculum that enhances their
  students' logical and conceptual growth.
• Instruction- Teachers must emphasize the critical
  role that experiences--or interactions with the
  surrounding environment--play in student
  learning. For example, instructors have to take
  into account the role that fundamental concepts,
  such as the permanence of objects, play in
  establishing cognitive structures.