Jean Piaget's Influence On Child Development
Children’s learning and development has been influenced greatly by a wide range of psychologists and early theorists over the years, who have conducted a range of research methods such as, observations, experiments, and interviews. Without early theorists conducting this research, our children’s education and developmental psychology would not be where it is today. Jean Piaget was one of these many theorists.
Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland in 1896 and died in 1980. He was a scientist at a very young age and published his first scholarly paper at the age of 11 years old. Whilst working at Alfred Binet Laboratory School in Sorbonne, Piaget started to notice similarities in children’s answers to questions that were asked of …show more content…
In my workplace in order for us to create a fun and safe environment for our children to be in each child’s individual interests, and abilities are looked at and rather than pressuring a child to do certain activities we plan and lay out a wide range of smaller activities that accommodate each child’s different learning styles that then allows the child to gain independent and hands on learning. Although the Play workers are there to guide the child and assist with development as and when required, we can also allow the children to explore and take part in the activities independently.
Bibliography
Atherton, J.S., 2011. Learning and Teaching; Piaget’s developmental theory. [online]. Learning and Teaching. Available at: www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.html [Accessed 9 February 2013]
Bee,H, (1985), The Developing Child. 4th ed. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.
McLeod, S.A., 2009. Jean Piaget Cognitive Theory. [online]. Simply Psychology. Available at: www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html [Accessed 9 February 2013].
Mooney, C.G., 2000, An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky. St Paul MN: Redleaf Press.
Oakley, L. 2004, Cognitive Development. East Sussex: Routledge
Pound, L., 2005, How Children Learn: from Montessori to Vygosky – Educational Theories and Approaches Made Easy. Illustrated. Salisbury: Step Forward
Jean Piaget was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland in 1896 and died in 1980. He was a scientist at a very young age and published his first scholarly paper at the age of 11 years old. Whilst working at Alfred Binet Laboratory School in Sorbonne, Piaget started to notice similarities in children’s answers to questions that were asked of …show more content…
In my workplace in order for us to create a fun and safe environment for our children to be in each child’s individual interests, and abilities are looked at and rather than pressuring a child to do certain activities we plan and lay out a wide range of smaller activities that accommodate each child’s different learning styles that then allows the child to gain independent and hands on learning. Although the Play workers are there to guide the child and assist with development as and when required, we can also allow the children to explore and take part in the activities independently.
Bibliography
Atherton, J.S., 2011. Learning and Teaching; Piaget’s developmental theory. [online]. Learning and Teaching. Available at: www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.html [Accessed 9 February 2013]
Bee,H, (1985), The Developing Child. 4th ed. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.
McLeod, S.A., 2009. Jean Piaget Cognitive Theory. [online]. Simply Psychology. Available at: www.simplypsychology.org/piaget.html [Accessed 9 February 2013].
Mooney, C.G., 2000, An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky. St Paul MN: Redleaf Press.
Oakley, L. 2004, Cognitive Development. East Sussex: Routledge
Pound, L., 2005, How Children Learn: from Montessori to Vygosky – Educational Theories and Approaches Made Easy. Illustrated. Salisbury: Step Forward