Piaget’s theory of cognitive development on education
Piaget showed through his studies of cognitive development in children that it is a relatively orderly process that takes place gradually. It is through Piaget’s work in cognitive development that we can come to understand the way children learn and interact with the world around them.
The environment affects a child’s cognitive development, as they mature their Interactions with the environment changes. Very young children within Piaget’s stage Sensorimotor learn through imitation and use of memory.
These young children tend to forget about an object once it is removed from their field vision, they learn quickly however that when an object is not in sight that it still exists and as they mature and develop more motor skills will
Piaget’s organising cognitive development into stages has helped to understand the learning process of children. The age ranges though can be misleading as children develop differently depending on their environment and culture.
These is the point where children aged 7-11 years learn things can be changed but retain their original characteristics. The child now solves the conservation tasks that a preoperational child may have failed in the concrete operational stage.
The next stage of development signalled by Piaget is concrete operational . It is in this stage that most people function in daily lives.