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Piaget's Response to education.

Date Submitted: 02/21/2004 00:52:41
Length: 3 pages (739 words)
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PIAGET RESPONSE ASSIGNMENT Education has been influenced by many people, especially Jean Piaget. He proposed a theory of cognitive development of children. He caused a new revolution in thinking about how thinking develops. Piaget observed that children understand concepts and reason differently at different stages, he stated that children's cognitive strategies which are used to solve problems reflect an interaction between the child's current developmental stage and experience in the world. This response assignment will …

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…more complex way. Thus without Piaget we would not have an education to allows us to explore, to intellectually grow, to enhance our abilities of concepts of the world. In conclusion, I believe that Piaget has helped education by inspiring new curriculums for schools, by arranging richer learning environments, by allowing children to explore the environment to develop their intelligence, and understanding. His theories opened a path to understanding how children grow in today's society.

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