Jean Piaget

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Jean Piaget

• Jereme George
• Erin Hershberger
• ISTC 301.104

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Jean Piaget genetic epistemologist

• Swiss theorist who believed in the
  constructiveness theory
• Studied how knowledge began and developed in
  individuals

• All students go through 4 stages of cognitive
  development
• Each stage only occurs after certain genetically
  controlled neurological changes
• All students pass through the four stages in the
  same order

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Sensorimotor Stage
Birth 2 years

• Child explores using senses
• Investigate through motor
• activity.

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Implications

• Allow children to play with toys that appeal to
  multiple senses
• Provide tactile learning materials

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Preoperational Stage
2 7 years

• Develop speech
• Use symbolic activities
• Numerical abilities
• Increased self control and can delay
  self-gratification

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Implications

• Allow students to work with real objects
• Give students time to investigate and explore
  his/her ideas
• Allow students to discuss their ideas with peers

An animated computer game which allows students
to move around the number line to explore
relationships among numbers.
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Concrete Operational Stage
7-11 years

• Increased abstract reasoning
• Can generalize from concrete examples

• Can perform conservation tasks

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Implications

• Give students time to respond, allow wait time.
• Incorporate all education levels in your
  instruction. Make sure that all students are
  challenged without surpassing their abilities.
• It is important to discuss what students have
  learned and make sure that they can explain what
  they have discussed.

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Formal Operational Stage
12-15 years

• Can form and test hypothesis
• Logically organize information
• Ability to reason scientifically

• Students have the ability to show abstract
  results using symbolism when necessary.

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Implications

• Allow students to develop their own thoughts and
  ideas
• Require students to explain why how things
  happen, not just know that they occur.
• Example of abstract problem.

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What activities would support Piagets theory of
cognitive development?

• E-mails sent to and from other countries
• Using digital cameras to relay information
• Stimulating and instructional games
• Assignments which include problem solving
• Activities which incorporate educating the
  community
• Allow students to create their own artwork,
  music, or drawings. Then have them discuss with
  their peers how they relate to the topic.

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Constructivist Learning
Inquiry Based Technology

• Theories
• Learning abilities differ at each stage
• Children progress through the stages through
  exploration with the environment

• Educational Implications
• Tailor instruction to each students individual
  needs and preferences

• Technological Implications
• Electronic manipulatives that support learning

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Bibliography

• Piaget, J. Inhelder, B. (2000). The
  Psychology of the Child. Basic Books Group, New
  York, NY.
• Roblyer, M.D. (2006). Integrating Educational
  Technology Into Teaching. Pearson Education, New
  Jersey.
• Phillips, J. (1969). The Origins of Intellect
  Piagets Theory. W.H. Freeman and Company,
  U.S.A.