Classroom Project

Classroom Project Throughout the world there are millions of children that are in the process of learning something, learning to crawl, learning to talk, learning to walk, learning to tie a shoe, learning to put on their clothes, and the list can go on and on but how do these children learn is the question. When we are born we are a blank slate with a whole world around us that will teach us so much and by the time we enter school our brain will have learned so much it is hard to understand how it all happened. Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that children move through four different stages of mental development. His theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence. All of our children in this world are born different and for that they will all learn differently as well. Some children will look at something a few times and learn about it, and another children will need to take more time to process what exactly it is. Babies will learn from the time they open their eyes and are laid upon their mommy’s chest. As parents we will learn our children through their cries and gestures. Most parents don’t even give it a second thought as to how their children learn and some will sit back find it remarkable at the precious memoires that are being made as their children grow and learn. To better help our children grow, learn, and adjust to their world we as parents and teachers need to study just how they learn. Piaget believed children will construct an understanding of the world around them, and will then experience discrepancies between what they already know and what they discover in their environment. Piaget developed a systematic study of cognitive development in children. His work included a theory on cognitive development, detailed observational studies of cognition in children, and a series of tests to reveal differing cognitive abilities. Piaget believed that the