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Piaget, Jean

A Swiss psychologist (1896–1980) known for his work on the mental development of children.
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Piaget, Jean

(pē-ă-zhā′)
Swiss philosopher and psychologist, 1896–1980, whose work provided understanding of how children's thinking differs from adults' and of how children learn. Concerning education, he explained, “The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.”
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Jean Piaget: Seu Estruturalismo Genetico e o Desenvolvimento Humano
The Concept of Structure in Gestaltpsychologie and Genetic Epistemology: Uses and implications for psychology/A Nocao de Estrutura na Gestaltpsychologie e na Epistemologia Genetica: Usos e implicacoes para a psicologia
The author critically examines Jean Piaget's theory stating that a child's ability to solve problems of class inclusion marks the beginning of the period of concrete (logical) operations at seven or eight years old.
Jean Piaget: Children and the Inclusion Problem, Revised Edition
Gist Jean Piaget is widely and highly regarded as the most accurate and insightful theorist when it comes to cognitive development--the growth of the mind--during the early years of life.
Perspectives on Parenting: The essence of piaget
As we undergo teachers' training course in college, we are taught the philosophy of eminent academicians like Jean Piaget, theory of Multiple Intelligence of Howard Gardner, theory of socialisation by Votosky and so on.
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Jean Piaget has been a monumental player in our ever-evolving field of education.
Review: moral classrooms, moral children: creating a constructivist atmosphere in early education
Cela signifiait donc que le bebe de 5 mois avait conscience de la [beaucoup moins que]Cepermanence de l'objetCe[beaucoup plus grand que] bien plus tot que Jean Piaget l'avait cru.
EC quoi pensent les bebes?
Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology was followed by theorists, educational philosophers, and researchers, including Jerome Bruner, Lev Vigoteky, Lawrence Kohlberg, and more recently Robert Sternberg and Constance Kamii.
The impact of the shifting knowledge base, from development to achievement, on early childhood education programs
Jean Piaget (1950) studied children from middle class homes for over forty years in Geneva, Switzerland.
Recent leaders in American education
"Conservation" is a term constructed by Jean Piaget, which describes a child's understanding that the quantity of an object is unchanged, even if it is rearranged (Gough, 2008; NSW DET, 2003).
Understanding conservation: a playful process: Mary-Anne Kefaloukos and Janette Bobis discuss the importance of introducing conservation in measurement through the use of play in the early years of school
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