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Piaget’s Cognitive
Development Theory
 Piaget's theory is about cognitive
  development (how we learn).
 Piaget believes that we go through 4
  stages of cognitive growth.
 You cannot go by age when judging
  where a child is within his theory, you must
  do this through observation.
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Stages of the Cognitive
      Development Theory
   Sensory Motor (0-2)-               Concrete operational (7-11)
    learning through senses             classifying
    *has to acquire objective           sorting
    permanence.                         prediction
   Pre operational (2-7)               hands on
    Has object permanence               *reversibility
    they communicate
    words                              Formal Operational
    questions                           hypothetical deductive
    egocentric                          reasoning
    *Must acquire irreversibility       *abstract reasoning
Key Components
A  central component of Piaget's
  developmental theory of learning and
  thinking is that both involve the
  participation of the learner. Knowledge is
  not merely transmitted verbally but must
  be constructed and reconstructed by the
  learner.
 The learner must be active.
Key Components cont’d
 Children  cannot learn something until
  maturation gives them certain
  prerequisites.
 The ability to learn any cognitive content
  is always related to their stage of
  intellectual development. Children who
  are at a certain stage cannot be taught
  the concepts of a higher stage.
prattpsychology.blogspot.com
Piaget and Teaching
        In the preoperational stage, it is important to
         confront children with opinions and being
         dynamically involved with objects and
         processes will help a child to build the
         cognitive structures necessary for logical
         thought.
        When children get into the concrete
         operational stage, it is important for them to
         have many interactions with concrete
         material.
        It is also important for teachers to realize what
         stage their students are in, so they can teach
         accordingly.

http://calteach.ucsc.edu/aboutus/documents/Webb-Piaget.pdf

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Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

  • 1. Shannon Katrina Mitchell Kristin docstoc.com
  • 2. Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory  Piaget's theory is about cognitive development (how we learn).  Piaget believes that we go through 4 stages of cognitive growth.  You cannot go by age when judging where a child is within his theory, you must do this through observation.
  • 4. Stages of the Cognitive Development Theory  Sensory Motor (0-2)-  Concrete operational (7-11) learning through senses classifying *has to acquire objective sorting permanence. prediction  Pre operational (2-7) hands on Has object permanence *reversibility they communicate words  Formal Operational questions hypothetical deductive egocentric reasoning *Must acquire irreversibility *abstract reasoning
  • 5. Key Components A central component of Piaget's developmental theory of learning and thinking is that both involve the participation of the learner. Knowledge is not merely transmitted verbally but must be constructed and reconstructed by the learner.  The learner must be active.
  • 6. Key Components cont’d  Children cannot learn something until maturation gives them certain prerequisites.  The ability to learn any cognitive content is always related to their stage of intellectual development. Children who are at a certain stage cannot be taught the concepts of a higher stage.
  • 8. Piaget and Teaching  In the preoperational stage, it is important to confront children with opinions and being dynamically involved with objects and processes will help a child to build the cognitive structures necessary for logical thought.  When children get into the concrete operational stage, it is important for them to have many interactions with concrete material.  It is also important for teachers to realize what stage their students are in, so they can teach accordingly. http://calteach.ucsc.edu/aboutus/documents/Webb-Piaget.pdf