JEAN PIAGET’S THEORY OF
COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENT
Presented by: Jeannine Freeman
JEAN PIAGET
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Over 60 books
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Several hundred articles
http://www.piaget.org/aboutPiaget.html
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Researched developmental psychology and
genetic epistemology
Knowledge is progressive
STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THEORY
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Sensorimotor stage
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Preoperational Thinking Stage
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Concrete Operations stage
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Formal operations stage
SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
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Birth to age of 2
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Infants use inborn abilities
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Permanence- major
accomplishment
http://mirhom.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympic-peek-boo.html
SENSORIMOTOR SUBSTAGES
 Reflexes
 Primary
Circular Reactions
 Secondary
Circular Reactions
 Coordination
 Tertiary
 Mental
of Secondary Circular Reactions
Circular Reactions
Representation
SUBSTAGE 1: REFLEXES
 Birth
to 1 month
 Innate
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reflexes
born with these
automatic
SUBSTAGE 2: PRIMARY CIRCULAR
REACTIONS
 1-4
months
 Reactions
 Reflexes
- repeated
- more developed
SUBSTAGE 3: SECONDARY CIRCULAR
REACTIONS
 4-8
months
 Object
 Notice
oriented
effects they have on
environment
SUBSTAGE 4: COORDINATION OF
SECONDARY CIRCULAR
REACTIONS
 8-12
months
 Cause-effect
relationships
 Goal-directed
 Object
behavior
permanence
SUBSTAGE 5: TERTIARY CIRCULAR
REACTIONS
 12-18
months
 Experimentation
 Creative
thinking
SUBSTAGE 6: MENTAL
REPRESENTATION
 18-24
months
 Symbolic
thinking
 Deferred
imitation
PREOPERATIONAL THINKING STAGE
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2-7 years
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Language development
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Role playing
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Pretending
http://www.naturalbabygoods.com/learning-resources-pretend-and-play-pro-chef-set/
PREOPERATIONAL SUBSTAGES
 Preconceptual
 Intuitive
thinking
thinking
SUBSTAGE 1: PRECONCEPTUAL
THINKING
 2-4
years old
 Thinks
 Play
similar objects are identical
pretend
 Transductive
reasoning
SUBSTAGE 2: INTUITIVE THINKING
 4-7
years old
 Curious
 Ask
about the world around them
lots of questions
 Conservation
 Egocentrism
CONCRETE OPERATIONS STAGE
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7-11 years
Think logically but concrete
Classification
Reversibility
Seriating
http://piaget.weebly.com/stages-of-cognitive-development.html
FORMAL OPERATIONS STAGE
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After 11 or 12 years
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Abstract thought
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Propositional thinking
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Deductive logic
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Problem solving
WHAT DOES THIS THEORY MEAN
FOR EDUCATION?
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How does this knowledge
help us to understand how
to best educate our
children?
Discuss in small groups
why it is important to know
where children are
developmentally when
trying to teach them.
REFERENCES
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Hinde, E. R., & Perry, N. (2007). Elementary teachers'
application of Jean Piaget's theories of cognitive
development during social studies curriculum debates in
Arizona. The Elementary School Journal, 108(1), 63-79.
doi: 10.1086/522386
Gredler, Margaret E. "Jean Piaget's CognitiveDevelopment Theory." Learning and Instruction: Theory
into Practice. New York: Macmillan, 1986. 264-304.
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