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Who Is Jean Piaget?

Born August 9, 1896 Jean Piaget was a Switzerland native who later made an impact in the psychological and philosophical world throughout his adult life until the year 1980 when he died of natural causes. Even as a child Piaget took interest in biology and soon studied at the University of Zurich where he published two philosophical works. Piaget moved to Paris, France where he taught at the Grange- Aux Belle Street for Boys which was run by Alfred Binet; developer of the intelligence test. He is best known for his theories of the Four Stages of Development.

The First Piaget

 Assimilation: The transformation of all objects to conform to ones own mental structure or schema.  Accommodation: The ability to form a new idea or schema from the previous one. The Third Piaget  The formation stages of intelligence which later developed into the Four Stages of Child Development.

Memory: the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. Perception: the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting sensory information

o At this stage motor skills are acquired of children and egocentrism begins strongly and then weakens. Children cannot conserve or use logical thinking. They are unable to view anything outside of their own perception.

Conversation: Quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance Is it still the same? Reversibility: The ability to know that a figure still has the same amount substance whether it is stretched or broken apart

Logic : Piaget believed that deductive logic becomes important during the formal operational stage. Deductive logic requires the ability to use a general principle to determine a specific outcome. This type of thinking involves hypothetical situations and is often required in science and mathematics. Abstract Thought : While children tend to think very concretely and specifically in earlier stages, the ability to think about abstract concepts emerges during the formal operational stage. Instead of relying solely on previous experiences, children begin to consider possible outcomes and consequences of actions. This type of thinking is important in long-term planning. Problem-Solving : In earlier stages, children used trial-and-error to solve problems. During the formal operational stage, the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodical way emerges. Children at the formal operational stage of cognitive development are often able to quickly plan an organized approach to solving a problem.

According to Piaget, children developed best in a classroom with interaction of other children. He defined knowledge as the ability to modify, transform, and operate on an idea, which comes from the process of transformation. Therefore learning results of such experience, both physical and logical. Learning then can be the building block by educators. Piaget stated that “knowledge cannot truly be formed until the learner (child) has matured mental structures to which that learning is specific.” Learning is explained by development and can be built onto by simpler operations and structures that have already been formed. He influenced strong early education and moral education. Piaget believed in two basic principles of moral education: the first is that children develop moral ideas in stages and two, that children create their own conceptions of the world.