Quick Facts
Born: August 9, 1896 in
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Died: September 16, 1980 in
Geneva, Switzerland
Studied Natural Science at the
University of Neuchatel
Went to the University of Zurich
and became interested in
psychoanalysis
The Director of studies at J.-J.
Rousseau Institute
Studied all three of his children’s
intellectual development from
infancy
A Professor for the fields of
Scientific Thought, Psychology,
Sociology, Experimental
Psychology, Experimental
Sociology, and Genetic
Psychology at various
Universities
“Scientific thought, then, is
not momentary; it is not a
static instance; it is a
process.”
-Jean Piaget
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Integrating Educational Technology
Textbook
Jean Piaget
Cognitive
Development
Cassie Kovarik
CS 218Q Section 1
Cognitive
Development
“The principle goal of education is to
Periods of Development
what other generations have done -
Piaget felt that there were four
developmental stages to his theory.
men who are creative, inventive and
create men who are capable of doing
new things, not simply of repeating
discoverers”
1) Sensorimotor stage, (0-2 years) which
deals with; simple reflexes, first habits,
primary circular reactions, secondary
circular reactions, coordination of
secondary circulation reactions, tertiary
circular reactions, novelty and curiosity and
internalization of schemes.
2) Preoperational stage, (2-7 years) which
deals with; magical thinking predominating,
and an acquisition of motor skills.
3) Concrete Operational stage, (7-12
years) which deals with; children beginning
to think logically but are very concrete in
their thinking.
4) Formal Operational stage, (12-onward)
which deals with the development of
abstract reasoning.
– Jean Piaget
Implications
Challenges
Russian psychologist Lev
Vygotsky challenged Piaget’s
ideas. Vygotsky stressed the
importance of a child's cultural
background as an effect to the
stages of development.
PIAGET vs. VYGOTSKY
Piaget
-Intelligence from action
Experiments and
-Learning after development
Outcomes
-Learning through interaction
• Conservation of number
-children do not think like miniature
adults, they think differently and in
different categories
Vygotsky
-Learning before development
-Learn because of history &
symbolism
Hard to Teach Through
Technology
Although Piaget’s theories are very well
thought out many of them will be hard to teach
through technology. The reasoning is most of
the developments are learned more through
observations rather than instruction.
Examples
Sensorimotor- you cannot show this through
technology because this is acquired through
motor skills and their senses.
Preoperational- this is something that I could
see being taught through technology and also
not, simply because speech I feel as though is
hard for young children to learn through
technology rather than experience. But
activities and abilities could be taught through
watching others doing something easier.
Concrete-concrete knowledge I feel though is
something that you just acquire through age
and is something that you naturally develop.
Technology would be hard to incorporate with
this.
Formal- technology could not be incorporated
into formal operational because this is acquired
more through writing out things and artistically
through drama.
Jean Piaget is the best! He is better
than all the rest!