Introduction Of Jean Piaget Theory Essay

Introduction:

Jean Piaget was born on August 9, 1896, in Switzerland and died in 1980. He was his parents, first child. At age 11, he wrote a short notice about albino sparrow. In 1921, he married Valentine. When he attended to Zurich University, he developed a deeper interest in psychoanalysis. Piaget 's theory includes stages of development and cognitive stages.

Piaget’s theory:

In this report, I will talk about Piaget’s theory that includes the stages of development and cognitive stages.

Stages of development:
Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development are: - The sensorimotor stage. Birth to 2 years
- The preoperational stage. 2 to about age 7
- The concrete operational stage. 7 to 11
- The formal operational stage. Adolescence

I put in front of her two small glasses with the same quantity of water and long empty glass. First, I asked her which one of them has more water? She said that they are the same. Second, I pour one small glass of water into the long glass, and then I asked her which one is more ? or they have the same and why? She answered that the long glass has more water because it is long, so it has more water than the small glass. She was active and sure about her answer.

Now, my experiment with Hamad (the boy in age 11 ) is different than Shouq. I started by asking him about the two same glasses if they are different or the same, he said that they are the same. Then I pour one of them into a long glass, and I asked him which one has more, or they have the same quantity and why? His answer was “ the two glasses has the same quantity of water, but they have different shapes, when you pour the water in a different glass shape the water took the glass shape but the quantity doesn’t increase or decrease, it is just the same”.

At the end. I think that Piaget’s theory will help teachers in their direction of students learning because Piaget’s theory agrees with most people experiments with kids, and this will help teachers how to deal with her