Jean Piaget Theory Analysis
The definition of Play as stated in the Oxford dictionary is described as to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose (Oxford Dictionary, 2015).
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) defined play as the child’s efforts to make environmental incentive to match his or her own concepts, children adjust and build their mental structures to suit what they are experiencing which he called adaption. Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive worlds and are not just passive receivers of information.
There are four key concepts that relate to Piagets theory, they are:
I. Schema: This is a mental structure that represents some aspect of the world e.g. a zebra is a large four legged animal …show more content…
Organisation: This refers to the capacity of the human mind to organise and link or to combine different schemas together e.g. a toddler learns to walk down the stairs safely and that liquid filled containers spill if they aren’t kept upright, they can combine these to learn how to walk downstairs with a beaker of juice.
IV. Equilibrium and disequilibrium: When children are exposed to something new in the world it creates conflict with their existing ideas, this is where disequilibrium occurs (lack of balance) e.g. a young child calling a motor bike a car, they will soon realise that a car is a four wheeled vehicle that people sit in, equilibrium is then restored.
(Eilis Flood, Child Development for Students in Ireland, 2013, Pg 103)
There are three stages in which a child’s learning becomes whole:
I. Sensorimotor or Babyhood which is 0-18 months this is coordination of senses with motor response.
II. Preoperational or Early years of symbolic play which is 18 months to five years old this is where the proper use of grammar begins and the imagination is very strong.
III. Concrete Operational or Cooperative Play which is 5 to 8 years old this is where children move from play to taking part is games where rules are made.
There are two different types of play i) Structured Play and ii) Free Play. The differences between them
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) defined play as the child’s efforts to make environmental incentive to match his or her own concepts, children adjust and build their mental structures to suit what they are experiencing which he called adaption. Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive worlds and are not just passive receivers of information.
There are four key concepts that relate to Piagets theory, they are:
I. Schema: This is a mental structure that represents some aspect of the world e.g. a zebra is a large four legged animal …show more content…
Organisation: This refers to the capacity of the human mind to organise and link or to combine different schemas together e.g. a toddler learns to walk down the stairs safely and that liquid filled containers spill if they aren’t kept upright, they can combine these to learn how to walk downstairs with a beaker of juice.
IV. Equilibrium and disequilibrium: When children are exposed to something new in the world it creates conflict with their existing ideas, this is where disequilibrium occurs (lack of balance) e.g. a young child calling a motor bike a car, they will soon realise that a car is a four wheeled vehicle that people sit in, equilibrium is then restored.
(Eilis Flood, Child Development for Students in Ireland, 2013, Pg 103)
There are three stages in which a child’s learning becomes whole:
I. Sensorimotor or Babyhood which is 0-18 months this is coordination of senses with motor response.
II. Preoperational or Early years of symbolic play which is 18 months to five years old this is where the proper use of grammar begins and the imagination is very strong.
III. Concrete Operational or Cooperative Play which is 5 to 8 years old this is where children move from play to taking part is games where rules are made.
There are two different types of play i) Structured Play and ii) Free Play. The differences between them