Vygotsky And Jean Piaget's Perspective On Cognitive Development
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Cognitive development is a study in neuroscience and psychology which focuses on child development, this theory was proposed by Jean Piaget who was a major force in the establishment of this field, cognitive development is mainly based on the development of the ability to think and understand. According to (Health, 2017) this theory is based on the structure of thought processes such as knowing how to solve problems, decision making and remembering things and these thought processes are from childhood even through to adulthood. This theory had lead Piaget to become intrigued to why children give the wrong answers to the questions which is required for logical thinking. According to simply Psychology (2017), Jean Piaget had suggested that the …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that cognitive development is a study in neuroscience and psychology which focuses on child development. it's based on the structure of thought processes such as solving problems, decision making, and remembering things.
- Explains that this theory focuses on the development of children by explaining how the child constructs a mental mode of the world.
- Explains the pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages of a child's development.
- Explains piaget's theory that children learn as they interact with things in their environment. however, some children can develop more slowly than others, while others develop faster.
- Analyzes how vygotsky and bruner questioned if the theory was real, arguing that social interaction is important for cognitive development, while piaget did his own observations on children.
- Explains that cognitive development is influenced by maturation of the nervous system, experience, and social transmission of teaching. condition is the mental activity and behaviour which allows humans to understand the world around them.
- Explains that this theory is relevant to child development as it has an importance on a child’s overall development.
- Explains that cognitive development is the process by which a child learns to reason, solve problems and be able to think consciously. pre-school children learn by listening, playing, and watching others hence why the adults working with these children should ask them questions about their surroundings.
- Opines that learning should be student-centered and accomplished through active discovery learning. the role of the adult is to enable learning, so they should encourage students to focus on the process of learning rather than the end product of it.
Vygotsky and Bruner had questioned if the theory was even real, they both did not want to discuss the development stages but however believed that development was a continuous process. Jean Piaget had mainly concentrated on the universal stages of cognitive development but did not mention the effects of a child’s social settings and cultural influences can have on cognitive development of the child. Vygotsky argued that social interaction is important for cognitive development to occur due to social interaction being able to provide language opportunities as it is the foundation of thought. Piaget did his own observations on children, when he was doing this he wrote diary descriptions on how these children were developing. Due to these observations being done on his own, the data which he collected is of his own interpretation of his own children hence why this is biased, and this theory also lacks scientific control. If he had conducted the research with another researcher it would be more reliable as they could both see if they have the same results and, he did not continue to study the children throughout their lifespan. Furthermore, Vygotsky and Bruner (996) had believed that the concept of schema is mismatched with their theories. This is due to the schema theory not being able to be directly measured due to it being an internal process and the initial idea of development was explained but he never explained
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- Explains that the theory of cognitive development was created by jean piaget. he disagreed with the idea that intelligence is a fixed trait.
- Explains that piaget believed that biological maturation, activity, social experiences, and equilibration were central to children's cognitive development.
- Explains that piaget identified four stages of qualitatively different types of thinking through which children progress towards adulthood: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
- Explains that the cognitive development theory is essential to understand as a teacher because children are doing certain things while learning that you may view as "annoying" or "unnecessary".
- Explains that children's rapid language development is affected by at-home and in-class storybook reading. they should be exposed to several types of children’s literature, read-alouds, and hands-on activities to stimulate their language.
- Explains that the classroom environment that contains children in the concrete operational stage, ages seven through eleven, would be vastly different. they would contain activities such as semantic organizers, and webbing.
- Explains how paget's cognitive development theory can be implemented across curriculum, including using concrete props and visual aids, making directions short, understanding egocentric thinking, and providing students with hands-on activities/practice with skills that are the building blocks to more complex skills.
- Explains that piaget's theory of cognitive development is essential to know and implement into a classroom.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that jean piaget first established the foundational concepts of his cognitive theory in 1936. it focused on cognitive development, which is the obtaining of the capacity to understand, communicate and remember information over time.
- Explains that the sensorimotor stage from birth to two years sees children form their knowledge of the world through physical interactions with their environment.
- Explains that preoperational is where children learn the use of language and symbolic representation as they lack logical thinking. piaget believed that children lacked the ability to understand a situation from another person’s point of view.
- Explains the concrete operational stage, where children develop logical or operational thought. they acquire the ability to organise objects based on physical characteristics like size, shape, and colour.
- Explains that formal operational develops hypothetical reasoning, abstract thinking, and furthered understanding of logical concepts. these developments transcend beyond adolescence as people continue to develop the ability to comprehend varying abstract thoughts.
- Explains that piaget's process of direct learning, social transmission, and physical maturation were necessary for a person to develop through these different stages.
- Explains that direct learning occurs by responding to and understanding new concepts by using a pre-existing thought process which piaget called schemata.
- Explains that schemata change happens through the assimilation and accommodation processes, which are essential to the growth and development of a person's cognition
- Explains that the influence of others through social contact and observation also impacted a person’s thinking and this was known as social transmission. developmental change could not occur without physical maturation, which is determined biologically.
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- Describes jean piaget as a successful and inspirational man who has contributed to the fields of psychology, sociology, philosophy, and education.
- Explains that piaget studied children from infants to teenage years and did interviews with the older kids.
- Explains that piaget's cognitive theory has three components: schemas, adaption process, equilibrium, assimilation, accommodation, and stages of development.
- Explains that schemas help tell a person how to react to new or incoming information or situations. schemas are extremely important in cognitive development.
- Explains that adaptation deals with the adjustment to the world. there are three stages: assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration.
- Explains that piaget came up with four stages that each kid must go through in the same order. these stages were universal and happened all over no matter the culture or society.
- Explains that piaget states that we are born with a "very basic mental structure" and that infants have reflexes that control their behavior.
- Explains that the sensorimotor stage starts at birth and ends around the age of two years old. infants at this stage lack object permanence, deferred imitation, and can move onto the next stage.
- Explains that the preoperational stage is concerned with toddlers and young kids ages 2-7. they start to use symbols and develop language abilities, but egocentrism plays a big role.
- Explains that concrete operations stage is characterized by the development of logical thought. they understand concepts like transitivity, seriation, decentering, reversibility and classification.
- Explains that the formal operational stage deals with adolescence and adults. they can logically think and understand abstract ideas, and also use deductive reasoning. piaget believed this was the last stage of cognitive development.
- Explains piaget's theory of cognitive development involves the nature and progression of human intelligence. it deals with how humans come to acquire, construct, and use knowledge.
- Analyzes how his theory has made an enormous impact on education. some critics believe that his three children are an unrepresentative sample.
- Opines that piaget's research and findings shaped the way we view children. his work gave us a basis for teaching.
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- Explains that jean piaget (1896-1980) was one of a handful of constructivist-minded writers and educational theorists of the time. learning theories are necessary to expand our knowledge of how learning works.
- Explains that jean piaget was born in 1869 in neuchatel, switzerland, and studied the development of mollusks in many lakes. after his doctorate, he turned to psychology as a primary interest.
- Explains piaget's cognitive development theory. the first stage is sensory-motor period, followed by pre-logical or intuitive.
- Explains that piaget's theory was developed over decades as he was observing children in the classroom. it was not easily accepted by psychologists like watson, tolman, hull and skinner.
- Explains how people learn from learning theory through assimilation, accommodation, equilibrium, and schema.
- Explains that to develop shema, the child needs to go through assimilations and accommodations. children use current schema to interpret the external world.
- Describes cognitive development theory as a new paradigm at its time. it does not fit into behaviorism, but into constructivism.
- Opines that piaget's biggest criticism with cognitive development theory is that he underestimated the competence of children.
- Explains cognitive development theory and how it can be applied to a classroom setting.
- Explains that the learning experience was shaped by cognitive development because the teacher gave the students background information then asked them questions before going into the activities so the current schema's can see that there is similarities with coexisting information.
- Analyzes how jean piaget's theory on cognitive development opened a lot of door for future pschocolsyist on seeing the approrate development for children in different ages.
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- Explains that laurenco, piaget and vygotsky have similarities in their theories of developmental psychology: 1) developmental perspective; 2) dialectical approach; 3) non-reductionist view;
- Explains that piaget and vygotsky agree that a developmental perspective is necessary in order to understand complex psychological processes.
- Explains that by understanding piaget and vygotsky's theories of cognitive development, educators can better understand the processes by which children learn.
- Explains that piaget and vygotsky have beneficial theories to cognitive development in children. although their theories differ slightly, their similarities point to children developing from simple to complex based on their experiences and relationships with others.
- Opines that piaget and vygotsky: many resemblances and a crucial difference. new ideas in psychology, 30(3).
- Explains piaget's stage theory of cognitive development, which focuses mainly on children and peer-to-peer interactions for development while proposing stages of development marked by qualitative differences.
- Compares the views of piaget and vygotsky on the autonomous and heteronomous aspects of development within the world.
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- Explains that piaget and vygotsky offer theoretical perspectives on how a child develops.
- Explains piaget's phrase, "assimilation and accommodation lead to adaptation," which is when a person fits his or her external information in with what he or she already knows.
- Analyzes how piaget covers the nature side of the “nature v. nurture” argument in his textbook, of children, by guy r. lefrancois.
- Explains piaget's stage theory, which deals with four stages of development. each stage has its own components and major characteristics that take place.
- Explains that the child now knows about certain movements and reflexes that happen, and realizes there is a differentiation between his or her own "self" and the "other" people.
- Explains that the child has the ability to think abstractly and connect physical experiences to explanations of why they happened. they can now use rule of logic.
- Explains that the child is able to imagine hypothetical situations or solve a problem that is not directly in front of them. they are becoming more adult-like in their thought structures and processes.
- Analyzes how lev vygotsky covers the "nature v. nurture" argument by focusing on three things that revolved around everything teaching the child how it is raised: culture, language and the zone of proximal development.
- Explains that the zone of proximal development can be looked upon as a chart on potential for learning. everything that is learned and used is someone’s “independent performance.”
- Explains that vygotsky didn't believe in stages. piaget based his theory mainly on stages; he believed that characteristics did not cease at a certain point.
- Opines that learning leads to development, and that development is completely social, according to vygotsky. a society, culture, or environment develops through learning from others.
- Explains that the zone of proximal development refers to a child's potential to do something. everything learned and used after it is learned is someone’s independent performance.
- Explains that piaget has two main theories, one on adaptation and the other on development. the adaptation theory is a continual process that everyone has until death.
- Explains that there are major factors that can disrupt the stage theory or the constructivist theory.
- Explains that assimilation, accommodation, and equilibrium contribute to a child's intellectual growth.
- Explains that reflexes are involuntary movements that a child deals with at this stage.
- Explains that the child is egocentric during the first stage of piaget's theory (sensorimotor) and logically thinks hypothetically.
- Explains that vygotsky separates the importance of culture into two sections: elementary and higher mental thinking. elementary mental thinking is like instinct.
- Explains that language is the difference between thinking on an elementary level and on a higher level. social speech expresses simple thoughts and emotions, while egocentric speech is like the ego of speech.
- Analyzes how continuity is key in vygotsky's theory. cultures live on through traditions and rituals that the members carry on.
- Analyzes how vygotsky's theory is developed around the fact that development is a social process.
- Explains that culture plays a big part in vygotsky's cognitive development theory. he believed that the environment around an individual played the largest part of development.
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- Introduces jean piaget, the father of cognitive epistemology, who was born in switzerland in 1896 and died on 1980. he developed an education theory in which he suggests the children past by 4 different stages on their mental development.
- Explains that assimilation and accommodation were related to his theory of development. the first concept refers to the new information coming in the environment of the children and the second concept is above something or someone change the schema.
- Explains that jean piaget is consider also a constructivist leader, because is his theory announce the children learn from trial and error, taken the best in each time they try.
- Explains that jean piaget's theory started with observation of children in his family when he proposed the intelligence and the knowledge is obtaining and developing according to the ages of the children.
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- Explains that social psychology is the study of how people affect and are affected by others through the medium of communication.
- Explains that children are biologically predisposed to detect and process language signals, and research has shown that early language learning is multifaceted and complex.
- Analyzes otto's theory of language development, arguing that the early years of a child’s life are critical for their development. b.f. skinner and noam chomsky have contributed to the debate.
- Explains chomsky's theory that language learning is an innate process, whereby children biologically possess the intellectual knowledge for learning language.
- Explains how piaget's theories form the basis of the cognitive approach. he asserts that children form schema, or cognitive structures, through which individuals explain occurrences in their lives.
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