Sunday, March 18, 2007

Assessment Task Three - Jean Piaget

Piaget stated four stages in cognitive development. (http://www.funderstanding.com/piaget.cfm


These stages of cognitive development are believed to be the reason for the separation of schools into levels such as pre-school, primary and secondary.(2001) (http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pro_dev/teaching_online/how_we_learn/developmental.html)I believe that allocating certain age groups into specific levels of schooling is extremely effective because it allows individuals to progress from one cognitive stage to another. For instance, individuals from the pre-operational stage can not learn with individuals from the concrete operational stage because they are at a different cognitive level. That is the reason why the majority of schools do not combine five year old children with ten year old children in the one classroom. I recall being in a grade 3/5 composite class and I found this to be ineffective.

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is based on a constructivist view of learning. (2001)
http://hsc.csu.edu.au/pro_dev/teaching_online/how_we_learn/developmental.html That is, individuals build on their understanding of the world through experience and as a result they are responsible for their own development of intelligence. I agree with Piaget’s view that individuals learn solely from experience but I also believe that individuals learn through social interactions.
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