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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 it. Suggestions for this are the following: | 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 it. Suggestions for this are the following: | ||
- | * Sensorimotor stage - Teaching an infant in this stage should be orientated on its **sensorimotor system**. | + | * **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** - 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. | + | * **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**. | + | * **Formal operations** - Teaching the adolescent expands in its dimensions as he is able to consider many possibilities from **several perspectives**. |
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* Overlooking the effects of the students' cultural and social groups - depending on social and cultural environment different aspects of childs development may be more or less valued than by Piaget. | * Overlooking the effects of the students' cultural and social groups - depending on social and cultural environment different aspects of childs development may be more or less valued than by Piaget. | ||
* 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. | ||
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