Read through the article written at this address:
http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/piaget.html
Chapter six stated that there is evidence that preschool children are more sophisticated than Piaget believed. Also, recent research shows that infants are capable of deferred imitation sooner than Piaget believed.
Why do you think Piaget's ideas are still viewed so highly and what could have been a reason for his underestimations?
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Many of Piaget's teaching methods and learning programs are being demostrated in Child development in today's society because they work. His whole point was to challenge the minds of a child to help them learn. Based upon the stage the child was in showed the appropriate teachings that they should be exposed to.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to agree with Sarah. Piaget's methods work for the most part. They consistently produce results. He may have underestimated though because he didn't have all the technology that we do now. It would be harder to determine things with out being able to detect some of the things we can now like brain waves and such.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Piagets research is still viewed so highly because even though he did underestimate how sophisticated preschoolers and how good their memory really was, he didnt have the technology we do have now and did most of his research in ways he could.
ReplyDeletePiaget's teachings are still being viewed so highly because, like the previous blogers, they work. Children still have the same tendencies now, as they did in years past. However, they are underestimated now, I believe, because parents now have more experiences to add to the chld's environment. Each generation has more and more to add, which in turn increases the childs knowledge and expertise.
ReplyDeleteKara Provines
Piaget's methods are still being used today because they work. He underestimated the child's memory due to the technology and information available when he produced his results. Besides today we have simply expanded and refined his theory.
ReplyDeletePiaget's studies and theories are widely used today as the basis for developing age appropriate curriculum for preschools and beyond. His understanding of how cognition changes over time as a result of both maturation and environment allows us to create programming that is not too advanced or too simple for a child's cognitive level. This results in an optimal learning environment because the material is challenging enough to promote new learning but simple enough for the child to grasp and grow more confident with each new success.
ReplyDeleteAs research in the field of cognitive development and learning continues to advance and improve with new technology, more long-term studies and different approaches, we are adding to the foundation Piaget created. We are discovering that, while he may have been slightly off on the timing of certain events like deferred imitation, he is correct in his basic understanding of cognitive development and how it proceeds.
I think that many factors; from genetics to parenting to social and economic factors, influence cognitive development. Factors such as nutrition, peers and choice of leisure activities (video games vs. reading for example) can also impede or speed up cognitive development and may account for individual differences in cognition among children and teens.
Whitney Pasquesi
Piaget was very elaborative about his cognitive studies regarding children. He wanted to study particularly children’s thinking processes. Although Piaget is the first bio psychologist to create a cognitive study for the cognition of children, studies recently have proven that his cognitive theories are inconsistent to some children. Psychologist have studied that all children aren’t limited to Piaget’s cognitive studies in other words,not all children fit the same age category for each stage for example, children between ages birth-24 months(sensory motor stage) according to Piaget can’t retain memory. Currently studies prove that newborns can retain memory for the simple fact that they can remember the scent of their mother and the fact that at three months they can habituate and dishibituate. In spite of the neo- Piaget’s his theories are still being very much referred to in education . For the most part his cognitive theories are most accurate for children ages birth-preschool years. These are the maturation ages when learning takes place involuntarily. At this point that child learns all that they will learn in a life time by the time they’re an adolescent they either use it or loose it.
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I believe that we still use Piaget's theories because although our pre-schooler's are more complex than Piaget's studies show a lot has changed. I feel that in general our children have progressed and are more adaptable now than they were in the past. It is not because the stages have been eliminated, but it is the fact that as a race we have become smarter and smarter over the course of time and will continue to do so. Piaget's theories are still useful, but it is at different times in a child's life.
ReplyDeleteAs the other bloggers agreed, I also believe that Piaget's studies are still around because they still work. He was not wrong, he just gave us a base to use so we could continue his studies. Of course there is more technology we can use to test children and use to help them learn. I do also agree with Jared in that children have become smarter over time and more adaptable to our society. There are toddlers now that can speak in full sentences and even use sign language to communicate with each other. That is because we are teaching children younger to adapt to cultural barriers that our country now has so that they can communicate easier and also to learn how to advance and succeed in our technology filled world. Piaget is still right. We just had to add to his findings.
ReplyDeleteHeather Oltmann