Tuesday, 28 November 2017

cognitive development + education


Study of cognitive development

Development a quantitative and knowledge is increased with age

Piaget's stages of cognitive development = 

0-2, Sensori-motor stage = infant begins to explore world through senses and actions

2-7, Pre-operational stage = child represents the world through words and images

7-11, Concrete operational stage = child reasons logically about concrete events and develops a point of view

11+, Formal operational stage = tests hypotheses and understands abstract concepts

Assimilation = process where new information and experiences are incorporated into existence schemas


Impact of cognitive development on education

Concept of 'readiness' from Piaget = framework for curriculum and developmental sequences

Failure by teachers to recognise cognitive change = learners lacking challenges or facing tasks out of their ability

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