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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? ===== | ||
- | Piaget's theory suggests that in order to make learning effective, learner's stage of the cognitive development needs to be taken into account. General suggestions for adopting teaching methods to the four stages of development are following: | + | Piaget's theory suggests that in order to make learning effective, learner's stage of the cognitive development needs to be taken into account or it all be just a waste of time. Aside from that, Piaget was mostly orientated on learning in |
- | * **Sensorimotor stage** - teaching an infant in this stage should be orientated on its **sensorimotor system**. | + | * preoperational stage - when children should and can **actively** engage in **learning and exploring**, and |
- | * **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 manipulate information. |
- | * **Preoperational stage** - learning in this stage is facilitated through an opportunity to ask **questions** and get **explanations** which allow learner to 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**. | ||