Piaget

Piaget

1. Biological readiness

   • Danner and Day
     • IDA- Practical application
       • Appropriate level content

2. Stages

   • Sensorimotor stage
     • Preoperational stage
       • Egocentrism
         • Piaget
           • 3 mountains task
             • Donaldson- they didn't understand their task
               • IDA- Methodology
       • Difficulty in conservation
       • Concrete operational stage
         • Formal operational stage
           • 11+
           • Understadning of abstract and hypothetical
         • 7-11
         • Limitations overcome
       • 2-7
       • Language and symbols
     • Use of senses
     • 0-3
     • Object permenance
       • Piaget
         • 6 month old babies do not look for items out of view
           • Bower and Wilshart- 1 month old babies show surprise
   • IDA- Reductionism
     • Individuals e.g. feral children straddle seperate stages
     • Stops at age 11

3. Schemas

   • Accomodate
   • Assimilate
   • Overcome disequilibrium

4. Discovery learning

   • Modgil et al- it led to poor reading and writing skills

5. Manipulating concrete materials when learning about abstract principles

   • Nuffield science project
   • Driscoll- the benefits of supportive environment