Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotskys theories on child development?
Does any one have any information about these two guys relating to their work on child development?
Thanks
Jean Piaget: Swiss theoretician. His cognitive- stage theory was the forunner of todays "cognative revolution" with its emphasis on mental processes. He viewed development organismically, as the product of childrens efforts to understand and act on their world.His stage theory states that child development advances in series of four stages involving qualitatively distinct types of mental operations.
Lev Vygotskys- focused on the social and cultural processes that guide childrens cognitive development. His theory was the socioculrtural theory that states that contextual factors affect childrens development
November 25th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I’m not familiar with Lev. Jean is a key figure in child development. You shouldn’t have any trouble finding out about Jean. He identified a series of stages that are marked by realizations children accomplish as the grow. The first is object permanence — the fact that things continue to exist when hidden from view (what babies learn playing Peek a Boo).
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November 25th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Jean Piaget: Swiss theoretician. His cognitive- stage theory was the forunner of todays "cognative revolution" with its emphasis on mental processes. He viewed development organismically, as the product of childrens efforts to understand and act on their world.His stage theory states that child development advances in series of four stages involving qualitatively distinct types of mental operations.
Lev Vygotskys- focused on the social and cultural processes that guide childrens cognitive development. His theory was the socioculrtural theory that states that contextual factors affect childrens development
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