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How does knowledge grow ?

How does knowledge grow ?. JEAN PIAGET 1896 - 1980. Biography. Jean Piaget was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on August 9, 1896.  Father Mother . Early beginnings. 10 years old first paper. Search of a biological explanation of knowledge. Philosophy failed. Turned to psychology.

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How does knowledge grow ?

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  1. Howdoesknowledgegrow? JEAN PIAGET 1896 - 1980

  2. Biography • Jean Piaget was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on August 9, 1896.  • Father • Mother

  3. Early beginnings. • 10 years old first paper. • Search of a biological explanation of knowledge. • Philosophy failed. Turned to psychology. • Children’s reasoning. Intelligence testing. (1st 5 books)

  4. Married student coworker (1923) • 1st daughter (1925) • 2nd daughter (1927) • Son (1931) • Over 60 books and many hundreds of articles. • Died in Geneva, on September 16, 1980 • School curriculum. • One of the most important psychologist of the twentieth century.

  5. Main concepts of his theory • Schemas (skills) • Assimilation (new object integrated into existing skills) • Accommodation (new skills are created) • Adaptation (learning happens). It is a fundamentally biological process

  6. Stages of cognitive development • Sensori-motor  (Birth-2 yrs)  • Pre-operational(2-7 years)  • Concrete operational(7-11 years)  • Formal operational(11 years and up) 

  7. Sensori-motor(Birth-2 yrs)  • Reflexes. • “Out of sight out of mind”. • Object permanence. • Makes interesting things last. • Solves simple problem. • Pretends.

  8. Pre-operational(2-7 years)  • Uses symbols. • Language development occurs. • Uses creative play. • Understands past and future. • Egocentric (“grass grows so I don’t get hurt”). • Inability to conserve liquid volume.

  9. Concrete operational(7-11 years)  • Uses logical operations to resolve problems. • Achieves conservation of number (age 6), mass (age 7), and weight (age 9) • Learns classification and seriation.

  10. Formal operational(11 years and up)  • Can think logically about abstract propositions. • Uses hypothetical thinking. “ If a card has a vowel on one side, then it has an even number on the other side.”  Take a look at the cards below and tell me, which cards do I need to turn over to tell if this rule is actually true? 

  11. Conclusions • The formal operations stage is not reached by everyone. • Abstract reasoning is no universal. • Social or external interventions are not included as part of Piaget’s theory.

  12. References • Atherton J S (2011) Learning and Teaching; Piaget's developmental theory [On-line: UK] retrieved 6 September 2011 from http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.htm • BoereeC. George. Personalities Theories • http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/piaget.html

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