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Jean Piaget's "Theory of Cognitive Development", 1980.
This paper examines the child development theories of Jean Piaget, which divides into four stages: Sensori-motor, preoperational thought, concrete operations and formal operations.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the child development theories of Jean Piaget.
Jean Piaget has long been the most influential figure in the field of child development. His vast volume of contributions was most notable in three particular aspects. First, his ideas were innovative with an awareness of problems which has never before been investigated. Secondly, research in child development has revitalized and reoriented the field, challenging it anew. Third, the research of Piaget is most thoroughly and appropriately founded upon the study of children.
Piaget is perhaps best known for his theory of cognitive
development. He defined cognition as: a form of biological adaptation - the organism's constant ... "
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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, 2006.
This paper details the primary goal and resulting impact of applying Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory in educational math books geared towards young children.
1,674 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper defines and details Piaget's theory of cognitive development which became popular in the 1960s. This paper delves into the principles of Piaget's theory pertaining to the human mind and how it processes and retains information in the early stages of life. The writer of this paper analyzes the manner in which Piaget's cognitive development philosophy can be seen in practice in math books geared towards young children. Using Piaget's theory as a guide writers of math books build upon the assumption that children grasp the most basic of concepts thereby giving them the tools necessary to discover and understand the basics of mathematics. This paper details the manner in which this particular theory has already been put into practice and its resulting impact. One of the examples discussed in this paper include the "Monster Math Picnic" by Grace Maccarone which focuses on adding and subtracting by way of rhyming which encourages young children to think about math in a fun yet educational way.
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"Having an understanding of the stages of learning, according to Piaget helps one to determine the best way to convey information, such as mathematical concepts at certain stages. Rote learning, for example, is one such way very young children retain what they learn. Rather than promoting understanding through illustrating the idea, the author uses "sufficient repetition." Yet while rote learning can be effective in learning to count, it seems to lose its effectiveness when the child more complicated tasks such as addition and subtraction. A book that makes effective use of rote learning is 123 Count with Me! a counting book published by the makers of Sesame Street. In the story, the character of Cookie monster counts to ten by eating cookies. First he puts one cookie in his mouth. And then after he eats it, he then puts two cookies in his mouth."
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Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, 2003.
Examines its relevancy to teaching secondary school physical education.
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Discusses features of Piaget's formal operational stage. Examines four factors children must master: maturation, experience, social interaction, equilibration. Contends all four factors are relevant.
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"This paper examines the features of the formal operational stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development that are relevant to teaching secondary school physical education. Piaget's theory, while focused primarily on examining how children learn ..."
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Cognitive Development Theory and Social Learning in UK Education, 2001.
A discussion on Piaget's and Bandura's child development theories.
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This paper compares Piaget's theory of cognitive development to the social learning theory. This paper examines Piaget's child development theory that mains that children have ability to construct meaningful concepts and representations all through a series of various stages. In addition, it analyzes Bandura's theory which contends that children learn new behaviors by observing other people and model their own behavior and develop their own beliefs and standards that eventually impact their progress in the educational system. The author concludes that these do not contradict each but rather complement each other.
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"In recent years, the field of education has been transformed by intensive theoretical and practical research into the ways that children develop the cognitive capacity for handling complex learning tasks. Some researchers have focused more upon the natural, or biological, aspects of cognitive development, which can be generalized across all human cultures; others, more upon the social aspects, which are culturally conditioned. The challenge for educators in the UK is now to integrate this vast body of theory and research into curriculum and classroom practice. Most researchers in the field agree that a Piaget-derived developmental learning theory must be augmented by some appreciation of the way that concrete social interaction guides and shapes children?s acquisition of skills. A pedagogical approach drawing at once upon developmental and social learning theory may be the best way to achieve society?s educational aims, while at the same time encouraging creativity and exploration on the part of children. While it would not be possible to exhaust this topic in a short paper, I propose to briefly consider the theories of Piaget and Bandura in the context of children?s development of the ability to handle language (in particular, in the area of literacy)."
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Cognitive Development and Children?s Toys, 2002.
Examing theories of Piaget and Vygotsky of cognitive development and how they relate to children's toys.
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Two different theories of cognitive development are examined. The first is that proposed by Piaget. The second is that proposed by Vygotsky. Firstly, these theories are presented. This allows for the differences between each to be noted. These theories are then used to examine children?s toys. Three toys are discussed for each of the theories, showing how each toy contributes to cognitive development. These toys include blocks, shape sorters, animal sound books and more.
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"Piaget?s theory of cognitive development was based on an attempt to understand how children think. Piaget maintained that children act differently at different ages because they think differently. Piaget?s theory on cognitive development can be divided into two sections: the process associated with coming to know; and the stages of cognitive development individuals progress through."
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Cognitive Development In Childhood, 2007.
An analysis of three approaches to understanding cognitive development in children.
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This paper addresses the question of cognitive development in childhood and how it has a significant impact on further development throughout a person's life span. The paper suggests that many people are still unclear on precisely how learning at this life stage occurs. The paper examines three of the premier theorists on child development and evaluates how each approach contributes to a greater understanding of how children learn.
Table of Contents:
Piaget's Theory of Development
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development
Social Cognitive Theory
Conclusion
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"Lev Vygotsky strongly believed that children often follow an adult's example, and thus have the capacity to develop skills and tasks on their own. Vygotsky presented these ideas under the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). In ZPD, the learner, teacher and the content all interact with a problem that needs to be resolved (Vygotsky 1978). Vygotsky's ZPD is thus a problem-based approach. The learning occurs as a child observes the adult/teacher. This social interaction is important, since the teacher acts as a model for a student to find appropriate solutions to the problem at hand. Vygotsky believed cognitive development or learning occurs when partners work jointly to solve problems (Vygotsky 1978). Many schools are therefore applying this approach through mentoring programs, where older students act as teacher/mentors to those in younger grade levels."
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Jean Piaget, 2008.
A biography of psychologist Jean Piaget and a look at his work in cognitive development.
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This paper looks at the life of Jean Piaget who was born in 1896 in Neuchatel in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The paper discusses his education and his career, focussing particularly on how he developed his four stages of cognitive development and how he continues to influence many intellectual fields.
Outline:
The Stages of Cognitive Development
Piaget's Understanding Of the Mind of the Child
The Developmental Process
Influence
Developmental Psychology
Education
Historical Studies of Thought and Cognition
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"While helping to mark the results of the responses to various intelligence tests, Piaget noticed that on certain question, young children consistently answered wrongly. He became intrigued with the fact that children at certain ages consistently adhered to the same pattern of mistakes, while they learned that their answers were wrong as they matured. In a moment of insight, Piaget reasoned that at certain stages of a child's life, a young child's cognitive processes, the way it thinks, is profoundly different from the thought process of an adult. Eventually, his research led him to set forth a theory of developmental stages in which he reasoned that in each of four stages of development, individuals exhibit certain distinctive common cognitive patterns."
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Piaget?s Theory of Conservation, 2002.
An evaluation of this theory against the backdrop of Piaget's cognitive model.
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Piaget?s theory of conservation in children is tested to determine its validity. Piaget?s cognitive model is explained in terms of its two fundamental concepts, namely, assimilation and association. The paper then moves on to describe the writer?s experiment, in which he tests the conservation theory. The paper also points out cognitive differences between children and adults, as learned from his/her experiment.
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"Piaget?s theory of conservation in children was tested to determine its validity. It is an attractive model to test because it produces (or at least should produce) unambiguous results. Moreover, while these results in and of themselves are fairly simple, they help us to understand a process that is at the same time both very important to us and highly complex ? the ways in which children?s cognitive skills develop."
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Jean Piaget, 2007.
This paper examines the life and accomplishments of Jean Piaget.
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This paper provides an overview of the background of Jean Piaget and his theory of four stages of child development. The paper discusses his influence on education and notes criticisms of Piaget's model. The paper points out that although Piaget's theory of cognitive development has appeared to lose its momentum as a new philosophy in recent years, his contributions to the education of children are far-reaching. The paper concludes that modern theorists in this area will build on the stages set out by Piaget, perhaps improving the reasoning behind his theory.
Outline:
Introduction
The Early Years
Piaget's Theory in Stages
Piaget's Influence on Education
Criticisms of Piaget's Model
Conclusion
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"In the past few decades, theories of cognitive psychology have been applied to many different aspects of modern life. The study of cognitive psychology has been applied to many educational reform efforts that seek to implement new and better methods of teaching children. One such cognitive psychologist, Jean Piaget, is most noted for his studies and philosophy regarding the actions of children. Although he never taught children, Piaget has been hailed as an educator as a result of his many writings on the manner in which children think and learn."
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The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, 2004.
Explores the philosophical approach to understanding human psychology.
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This paper studies the theory of cognitive dissonance and how philosophers and psychologists have used the theory in an attempt to understand different psychological states and problems. Fear of death, a universal emotion, is cited as an example of cognitive dissonance often studied by philosophers and psychologists. The paper continues with a discussion of the different religious, social, and philosophical manifestations of this fear and their application to society.
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"Cognitive Dissonance: Human psychology has always been a subject of great interest to philosophers down the ages. From the time of Aristotle and Socrates, there has been exhaustive focus and study on human behavioral patterns and the motivations that underlie it. Ancient and current philosophers continue to expand their understanding of human psychology in an attempt to understand the issues and conflicts that prevent human kind from actualizing a professed philosophy. It is in this context that the theory of cognitive dissonance assumes importance."
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Leon Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, 2001.
An analysis of Leon Festinger's psychological theory on the boundaries of attitude and action.
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This essay provides an overview of psychologist Leon Festinger's work on the flexibility of the boundaries of attitude and action and how these limits are affected by changing outside stimuli and influence. The paper describes one of Festinger's experiments and explains his notion of cognitive dissonance, the condition that results when the balance between attitude and action is contradicted. The paper also shows Festinger's contribution to methods of psychological study, and how his theories have subsequently been expanded.
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"A task that an individual perceives to be distasteful is often seen as a result of an outside influence or stimuli that results in the formation of this individual?s perception, or attitude, toward this task. This attitude reflects an individual's belief, which in turn reflects the set of personal values that form the framework of that individual?s self-awareness and esteem. Since personal behavior is directly driven by personal attitude or belief, one could arrive at the conclusion that the individual behavior is a result of a balance between personal attitude and action. What would occur within this fragile framework of self-balance, however, should one's individual belief or attitude come into direct conflict with one's individual actions?"
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Erik Erikson & Jean Piaget, 1987.
Describes Erikson's theory of stages in affective development & Piaget's theory of cognitive development & shows complementary aspects.
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"This research coordinates Erik Erikson?s theory of stages in the social emotional (affective) development of persons up to young adulthood with Jean Piaget?s theory of cognitive develop-ment, describing the development of the whole child as he or she simultaneously develops in both emotional and intellectual ways. To this end, this research presents first a delineation of both theories and then a coordinating framework within which both theories may be related.
Views of Erik Erikson
According to Lerner and Soohom (1980) as well as Muuss (1982), the theoretical views of Erikson may be delineated as follows. Influenced by Freud, Erikson adapted many of Freud?s notions (i.e. the oral, anal and phallic stages) into a (...)"
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Piaget's Education Theories, 2003.
A look at how Jean Piaget's theories could be applied to modern-day educational theories.
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This report examines the place that Piaget's theories should have in the modern classroom, particularly during the stage of middle childhood, the potential practical applications of his work at this educational stage, and the potential educational pitfalls of ignoring his groundbreaking ideas during this time.
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"Piaget's theories have two major components: the process of "coming to know" and the stages that humans pass through in order to acquire this ability (Huitt & Hummel, 1998, para. 3). Because of his initial training as a biologist, Piaget continually related his psychological theories back to biological bases. Indeed, he stated in an interview in 1969 that "I am convinced that there is no sort of boundary between the living and the mental or between the biological and the psychological. From the moment an organism takes account of a previous experience and adapts to a new situation, that very much resembles psychology" (Pyche, 2). His theories about the process of learning clearly reflect this bias. Thus, intelligence is reflected through adaptation to the environment and is controlled through mental processes called schemas. Schemas can be either congenital, such as reflexes, or constructed. Through schemas, a person builds a mental representation of the world, and uses them to assimilate with or accommodate to the environment around them (Huitt & Hummel, 1998, para. 5-8)."
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Jean Piaget, 2005.
This paper discusses the work of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980), one of the giants in the field of cognitive theory.
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This paper explains that, before the time of Jean Piaget, theories of knowledge were considered to be a part of philosophical learning, but Piaget turned studies of cognition into a science in its own right. The author points out that Piaget did not consider himself foremost a child psychologist but rather believed that, by looking at the ways children learn to think, it is possible to better understand the ways in which knowledge in general is acquired. The paper relates in detail Piaget's classification system of the mental development of children.
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"Another interesting comparison can be drawn between Piaget's work and that of Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934). Vygotsky asserted that a child's learning was "not a solitary exploration by a child of the environment ... but rather a process of appropriation by the child of culturally relevant behavior." This theory of social constructivism asserts that cognitive development "can be understood as the transformation of basic, biologically determined processes into higher physiological functions." In other words, children are born with a diverse range of perceptual, attentional and memory capacities which are substantially transformed in the context of socialization and education. "
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Jean Piaget, 2004.
An examination of the life and theories of Swiss psychologist, Jean Piaget.
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This paper explains that Piaget was famous for his pioneering studies of the development of thought processes, particularly in children. It briefly provides a biography of Piaget and then analyzes his theories, focusing on play development in children.
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"Piaget's work on concept formation in children falls into two main phases: an early phase (from 1924 to 1937) in which he established the basic differences between thought processes in children and those in adults, and a late phase (after 1937) in which he carried out detailed investigations of thought development and evolved his theories about concept formation in children - his best-known work."
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