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learning_theories:stage_theory_of_cognitive_development [2011/02/04 10:25]
jpetrovic [Criticism]
learning_theories:stage_theory_of_cognitive_development [2011/02/04 11:12]
jpetrovic [What is the practical meaning of stage theory of cognitive development?]
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 ===== What is the practical meaning of stage theory of cognitive development?​ ===== ===== What is the practical meaning of stage theory of cognitive development?​ =====
  
-  * **Sensorimotor stage** - Teaching an infant in this stage should be orientated ​on its sensorimotor system. +Implications of Piaget'​s theory ​on the learning ​process address respecting the stage of the cognitive development of a child and adjusting teaching expectations ​to itSuggestions ​for this are the following:
-  * **Preoperational stage** - Children can now actively engage in learning ​and exploring. +
-  * **Preoperational ​stage** - Learning in this stage is facilitated through an opportunity to ask questions ​and get explanations which allow learner ​to mentally mentally manipulate information. +
-  * **Formal operations** - Teaching ​for the adolescent may be wideranging because he'll be able to consider many possibilities from several perspectives.+
  
 +  * **Sensorimotor stage** - Teaching an infant in this stage should be orientated on its **sensorimotor system**.
 +  * **Preoperational stage** - Children can now **actively** engage in **learning and exploring**.
 +  * **Preoperational stage** - Learning in this stage is facilitated through an opportunity to ask **questions** and get **explanations** which allow learner to mentally mentally manipulate information.
 +  * **Formal operations** - Teaching the adolescent expands in its dimensions as he is able to consider many possibilities from **several perspectives**.
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 +Piaget'​s theory also suggests that teachers should **value child'​s cognitive processes** which lead him to a conclusion as well as the conclusion, **encourage** him to learn for himself, but always **respect his current stage** in cognitive development and not make forced steps forward. What should also be taken into consideration is that although all children go through the same steps during their development,​ that do it at different rates. Educational process should therefore be more **focused on individuals and small groups** within a class than to the class as a whole unit. 
 ===== Criticism ===== ===== Criticism =====
  
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   * Unscientific methods - Piaget based his conclusions on observations of a rather small number of children who do not necessarily form a statistically representative sample.   * Unscientific methods - Piaget based his conclusions on observations of a rather small number of children who do not necessarily form a statistically representative sample.
  
-Piaget'​s research methods were one of the main cause of criticism to his work, since he used a rather source sample composed of his own three children and children of  
  
  
-"The developmental theory of Jean Piaget has been criticized on the grounds that it is conceptually limited, empirically false, or philosophically and epistemologically untenable."​ (Lourenco & Machado, 1996, p. 143)  
  
-Lourenço, O.; Machado, A. (1996). "In defense of Piaget'​s theory: A reply to ten common criticisms"​+
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 [[http://​www.learning-theories.com/​piagets-stage-theory-of-cognitive-development.html|Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) at Learning Theories.]] [[http://​www.learning-theories.com/​piagets-stage-theory-of-cognitive-development.html|Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) at Learning Theories.]]
  
 +[[http://​ehlt.flinders.edu.au/​education/​DLiT/​2000/​Piaget/​begin.htm|Mental Development and Education.]]
  
  
 ===== Read more ===== ===== Read more =====
  
 +Lourenço, O. and Machado, A. In defense of Piaget'​s theory: A reply to ten common criticisms. 1996.
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