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.

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