JEAN PIAGET Tim Brewer Development of Young Adolescents Dr. Fetterly

BACKGROUND AND BIO  Born in Neuchâtel Switzerland in 1896  Published articles about mollusks at the age of 15  Attened college at the University of Neuchâtel and the University of Zürich  Taught at the Grange-Aux-Belles Street School for Boys in Paris

 Moved back to Switzerland in 1921  Married with 3 children  Became the Director of the International Bureau of Education in 1929  Served as consultant at conferences at Cornell and University of California at Berkley that focused on children’s curriculum.

PIAGET’S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT  Constructivist view  Schema  Adaption  Assimilation and Accommodation  Equilibration

PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT  Stage 1 Sensorimotor Stage

PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT  Stage 2 Preoperational Stage

PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT  Stage 3 Concrete Operational Stage

PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT  Stage 4 Formal Operational Stage

PIAGET’S INFLUENCE ON EDUCATION