Jean Piaget's Theories Of The Development Of Young Children
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Jean Piaget
There have been many theorist studying and presenting theories about the development of human learning. Theorists like Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Jean Piaget – to name a few, have all made significant contribution to the understanding of child growth and development into adulthood. No one theory has all the answers, but an understanding of the complexity of children learning is present in them all in some manner. One theorist whose works I think presents an accurate view of the development of young children is Jean Piaget.
Jean Piaget, a Swiss genetic epistemologist (as he referred to himself), was born on August 9th 1896. From an early age he was researching, studying and presenting papers in the natural sciences, and had achieved a Ph.D. in Zoology by the age of 22. …show more content…
“Object Permanence” is the child’s awareness that things still exist even when they cannot see or hear them anymore. A baby will be surprised when you suddenly appear before and then disappear as you play “Peek-a-boo”, but an older child who has developed a sense of “Object Permanence” will understand that you still exist and will look around to try to see where you are.
The Sensorimotor Stage is further subdivided into six (6) sub-stages that reflect the development of new skills as the child moves from birth to two years old:
Reflexes (0 – 1 month): Looking and sucking
Primary Circular Reactions (1-4 months): Adding new knowledge or sensation
Secondary Circular Reactions (4-8 months): Becoming more aware of the environment and responding to it
Coordination of Reactions (8-12 months): Recognizing objects and their qualities
Tertiary Circular Reactions (12-18 months): Object Experiencing and Experimenting
Early Representational Thought (18-24 months): Understanding and developing
Jean Piaget
There have been many theorist studying and presenting theories about the development of human learning. Theorists like Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Jean Piaget – to name a few, have all made significant contribution to the understanding of child growth and development into adulthood. No one theory has all the answers, but an understanding of the complexity of children learning is present in them all in some manner. One theorist whose works I think presents an accurate view of the development of young children is Jean Piaget.
Jean Piaget, a Swiss genetic epistemologist (as he referred to himself), was born on August 9th 1896. From an early age he was researching, studying and presenting papers in the natural sciences, and had achieved a Ph.D. in Zoology by the age of 22. …show more content…
“Object Permanence” is the child’s awareness that things still exist even when they cannot see or hear them anymore. A baby will be surprised when you suddenly appear before and then disappear as you play “Peek-a-boo”, but an older child who has developed a sense of “Object Permanence” will understand that you still exist and will look around to try to see where you are.
The Sensorimotor Stage is further subdivided into six (6) sub-stages that reflect the development of new skills as the child moves from birth to two years old:
Reflexes (0 – 1 month): Looking and sucking
Primary Circular Reactions (1-4 months): Adding new knowledge or sensation
Secondary Circular Reactions (4-8 months): Becoming more aware of the environment and responding to it
Coordination of Reactions (8-12 months): Recognizing objects and their qualities
Tertiary Circular Reactions (12-18 months): Object Experiencing and Experimenting
Early Representational Thought (18-24 months): Understanding and developing