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The importance of the Piaget's stage model are the **constrains** that stage of cognitive development sets **on learning**. These constrains mean that what can be learned depends on the current developmental stage. One should be taught to apply developed cognitive structures to new material, but to learn new strategies first the related cognitive structure has to evolve. | The importance of the Piaget's stage model are the **constrains** that stage of cognitive development sets **on learning**. These constrains mean that what can be learned depends on the current developmental stage. One should be taught to apply developed cognitive structures to new material, but to learn new strategies first the related cognitive structure has to evolve. | ||
- | Learning according to Piaget takes place through two processes: **absorbing** into the existing schemata or mental constructs which individuals use to organize and adapt to environment, and **accommodating** when schema change is required.((Piaget also uses concepts of schema and schemata, later expanded by Anderson. See: [[learning_theories:Schema theory]])) | + | Learning according to Piaget takes place through two processes: **absorbing** into the existing schemata (mental constructs which individuals use to organize and adapt to environment), and **accommodating** when schema change is required.((Piaget also uses concepts of schema and schemata, later expanded by Anderson. See: [[learning_theories:Schema theory]])) |
Piaget was also concerned with the instructional methodology for children where he was a proponent of: | Piaget was also concerned with the instructional methodology for children where he was a proponent of: |