Piaget

Piaget

1. Constructivism

2. Stage theory

   • Sensory-motor, pre-operational,
     • Concrete operational, formal operational
       • Conservation tasks
     • Object permanence

3. Egocentric ism, self talk

4. Mental representations, schemas

   • Accommodation & assimilation

5. Small, limited sample sixe

   • Tasks criticised, underestimation, human sense
     • Light et al, can conserve given a reason why
     • Donaldson, human sense
     • Hughes & Grieve, nonsense questions

6. Children thinking diff to adult

   • Learning individual & active process