How Did Jean Piaget Influence The Field Of Early Education
Jean Piaget The work of Jean Piaget greatly influenced the field of early education. This paper will include a brief summary of Jean Piaget’s life, description of his major theories or ideas, and how those ideas impact early education today. Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland on August 9, 1896. His father was a medieval literature professor and his mother was described to be emotionally unstable. Jean was a very intelligent child and took interest in biology and the natural world at an early age. By age ten he had published his first paper on an albino sparrow. By age fifteen he had an interest in zoology and published a couple articles on mollusks, which gained him a good reputation among those in the field. While in high school he was
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His first stage is Sensorimotor and goes from birth to two years of age. Sensorimotor means that children experience the environment through movement and the five senses. His second stage is pre-operational and goes from two years to seven years of age. Preoperational stage is when language starts to develop and through play imagination starts but children don’t think logically yet. His third stage is concrete operation and goes from 7 years to eleven years of age. A concrete operation is where children start to think logically. His fourth stage is formal operational and goes from eleven years old and up. Formal operation is where children can think more clearly and develop abstract reasoning. All of a child’s learning has to be done in these stages, you can’t expect a two year old to do the same things as an eleven year old or expect the same answer from each age group if you ask the same …show more content…
We no longer force children to do things beyond their age and cause them stress and fear. Children fear disappointing their parents and teachers, by providing age appropriate things to do the child is more likely to accomplish instead of fail and in turn will raise a child’s self esteem. Piaget’s stages of development allowed children to gain a greater amount of knowledge at the appropriate time. When children learn age appropriate lessons, children can better retain what they have learned. Teachers have had more success when teaching age appropriately. Cognitive development would not be what it is today without Jean Piaget
His first stage is Sensorimotor and goes from birth to two years of age. Sensorimotor means that children experience the environment through movement and the five senses. His second stage is pre-operational and goes from two years to seven years of age. Preoperational stage is when language starts to develop and through play imagination starts but children don’t think logically yet. His third stage is concrete operation and goes from 7 years to eleven years of age. A concrete operation is where children start to think logically. His fourth stage is formal operational and goes from eleven years old and up. Formal operation is where children can think more clearly and develop abstract reasoning. All of a child’s learning has to be done in these stages, you can’t expect a two year old to do the same things as an eleven year old or expect the same answer from each age group if you ask the same …show more content…
We no longer force children to do things beyond their age and cause them stress and fear. Children fear disappointing their parents and teachers, by providing age appropriate things to do the child is more likely to accomplish instead of fail and in turn will raise a child’s self esteem. Piaget’s stages of development allowed children to gain a greater amount of knowledge at the appropriate time. When children learn age appropriate lessons, children can better retain what they have learned. Teachers have had more success when teaching age appropriately. Cognitive development would not be what it is today without Jean Piaget