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JEAN PIAGET’S THEORY OF COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTPresented by: Jeannine Freeman
JEAN PIAGET Over 60 books
Several hundred articles
Researched developmental psychology and genetic epistemology
Knowledge is progressive
http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html
STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THEORY
Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational Thinking Stage
Concrete Operations stage
Formal operations stage
SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
• Birth to age of 2
• Infants use inborn abilities
• Permanence- major accomplishment
http://mirhom.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympic-peek-boo.html
SENSORIMOTOR SUBSTAGES Reflexes
Primary Circular Reactions
Secondary Circular Reactions
Coordination of Secondary Circular Reactions
Tertiary Circular Reactions
Mental Representation
SUBSTAGE 1: REFLEXES
Birth to 1 month
Innate reflexes born with these automatic
SUBSTAGE 2: PRIMARY CIRCULAR REACTIONS
1-4 months
Reactions - repeated
Reflexes - more developed
SUBSTAGE 3: SECONDARY CIRCULAR REACTIONS
4-8 months
Object oriented
Notice effects they have on environment
SUBSTAGE 4: COORDINATION OF SECONDARY CIRCULAR REACTIONS
8-12 months
Cause-effect relationships
Goal-directed behavior
Object permanence
SUBSTAGE 5: TERTIARY CIRCULAR REACTIONS
12-18 months
Experimentation
Creative thinking
SUBSTAGE 6: MENTAL REPRESENTATION
18-24 months
Symbolic thinking
Deferred imitation
PREOPERATIONAL THINKING STAGE
• 2-7 years
• Language development
• Role playing
• Pretending
http://www.naturalbabygoods.com/learning-resources-pretend-and-play-pro-chef-set/
PREOPERATIONAL SUBSTAGES
Preconceptual thinking
Intuitive thinking
SUBSTAGE 1: PRECONCEPTUAL THINKING
2-4 years old
Thinks similar objects are identical
Play pretend
Transductive reasoning
SUBSTAGE 2: INTUITIVE THINKING 4-7 years old
Curious about the world around them
Ask lots of questions
Conservation
Egocentrism
CONCRETE OPERATIONS STAGE
• 7-11 years• Think logically but concrete• Classification• Reversibility• Seriating
http://piaget.weebly.com/stages-of-cognitive-development.html
FORMAL OPERATIONS STAGE
• After 11 or 12 years
• Abstract thought
• Propositional thinking
• Deductive logic
• Problem solving
WHAT DOES THIS THEORY MEAN FOR EDUCATION?
• How does this knowledge help us to understand how to best educate our children?
• Discuss in small groups why it is important to know where children are developmentally when trying to teach them.
REFERENCES• Hinde, E. R., & Perry, N. (2007). Elementary teachers'
application of Jean Piaget's theories of cognitive development during social studies curriculum debates in Arizona. The Elementary School Journal, 108(1), 63-79. doi: 10.1086/522386
• Gredler, Margaret E. "Jean Piaget's Cognitive-Development Theory." Learning and Instruction: Theory into Practice. New York: Macmillan, 1986. 264-304. Print.
• "Jean Piaget Society - About Piaget." Jean Piaget Society - About Piaget. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.
• "Jean Piaget." Stages of Cognitive Development -. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2013.
• "Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development." About.com Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Dec. 2013.