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Jean Piaget
Psychologist
Constructivist
Formal Operation 12 - adult

• Ability to think hypothetically about abstract contexts

No longer needs the existence of concrete real life examples. Instead, they can reason in verbally stated hypothesis to consider the logical relations among several possibilities or to deduce conclusions from abstract statements

Able to think about the world in a wider context and entertain the possibilities of other outcomes. Can plan for the long term. (Smith, p. 463)

I predict the ball will fall faster than the bag of feathers when dropped at the same time
Concrete Operations 7-12

Logic develops and is valued over perception. Thisincludes causality and seriation(Wadsworth, p.101)

2. Child is no longer ego-centric 3. Child understands reversibility

Child understands conservation of number, then mass, then volume.

4. Child decenters, allowing more intricate classification by taking into account multiple features
The top row has more coins, even though the bottom row is longer!
Preoperational 2-7

Child progresses from single words to complex sentences.

5. Child does not understand conservation. 6. Child struggles with classification: thinks only about one feature. 7. Child begins to think abstractly.Understands 4 represents: 8. Child ego-centric sees the world from their perspective.Often talks alongside each other and ignores other children.Decreases after age 4.The two bits of plasticine dont have the same mass because they have different shapes
The balls went in red, green, and yellow. So yellow, then green, then red will come out.
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Sensori-Motor 0-2

Child learns primarily from sensing (sensori) and doing (motor).

9. Child takes instinctive skills (such as sucking or grasping), combines with newly learnt motor skills, and refines the process to develop new skills. 10. Child learns object permanence i.e. even if object is no longer visible it still exists.The child will search for hidden objects, suggesting element of planning ahead and therefore cognitive ability beyond that with which they were born.These beads are pink, round and wooden.
I like cats!
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I had a lolly !
References
Atherton, J. S. (2011) Learning and Teaching; Piaget's developmental theory [On-line: UK] retrieved 25/9/2011 from http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.html
Fisher, J. (2003) Starting from the Child, Maidenhead: Open University Press
Goswami, U. (1998) Cognition in Children, Hove: Psychology Press Ltd
Moyles, J. & Robinson, G. (Eds.), Beginning Teaching: Beginning Learning in Primary Education, Maidenhead: Open University Press
Siegler, R. & Wagner Alibali, M. (2005) Childrens Thinking New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall
Smith, P., Cowie, H. & Blades, M. (2011) Understanding Childrens Development, 5th ed., Chichester: John Wiley & Sons
Wadsworth B. J. (1979), Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development, 2nd ed., New York: Longman
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Piaget today
Piagets methodology has drawn significant criticism (Moyles& Robinson, 2004).Central to this criticism is the assertion that children develop much faster than Piaget claimed (Goswami, 1998).In terms of educational influence, his view of the child as an individual explorer of the world (Fisher, 2003) appears to render the teacher an inactive bystander, but the idea of the child-centred classroom (Smith, Cowie& Blades, 2011) is largely developed from Piagets belief that an active role in the learning process is central to the cognitive development of the child.Piaget also argued that whilst all children progress through the four stages, they do so at different speeds, and as such assessment should be based on the progress of the individual child, rather than compared to that of their peers.
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