Human Growth And Development
Chapter 6
Piaget and Vygotsky
Piaget and Vygotsky are coming to Atlanta, GA.
You are their promoters.
Task: Fill the GA Dome.
Advertise the event.
Poster, Billboard
Newscast
Article
Brochure
Song, rap, jingle,
Provide biographical information, key concepts of
their theory, and implications for parents and
educators.
Comparison Organizer
Vygotsky
Categories
Influence of Family
Biological Influences
ZPD Zone of Proximal
Development
Major Way to Learn
Name of Theory
Implications for
Teachers or Parents
Piaget
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive
Development
Concrete
operational stage
(Elementary and
early adolescence)
This stage is characterized
by 7 types of conservation:
number, length, liquid,
mass, weight, area, and
volume.
Stages of Cognitive Development
Piaget identified four stages in cognitive
development:
Concrete
operational stage
(Elementary and
early adolescence)
This stage is characterized
by 7 types of conservation:
number, length, liquid,
mass, weight, area, and
volume.
Middle Childhood can
understand reversibility and
conservation
Reversibility: The pouring
of water into the small
container can be reversed.
Vygotsky
Vygotsky’s social theory of learning –
Like Piaget he insisted that children
learn by constructing their own
understanding of the world they
experience.
Unlike Piaget, he insisted that “the
world” experienced by children is a
social, rather than a natural one. i.e.
games, toys, and books are social
constructions that embody social
norms and expectations for the child.
Vygotsky’s Theory:
The role of culture/social interaction
Sociocultural environment ALL IMPORTANT for
cognitive development
Different contexts create different forms of
development
Cognitive processes (language, thought, reasoning)
develop THROUGH social interaction
Development is a product of CULTURE
Vygotsky believed
children’s learning
takes place within a
zone of proximal
development, which
is a range of tasks
too difficult for a
child to do alone but
possibly with the
help of others (Berk,
2003, p.223).
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