NEW INFORMATION & IDEAS ARE ENCOUNTED

ASSIMILATION ACCOMMODATION

USES

EQUAL & COMPLIMENTARY

WHEN BALANCED

EQUILIBRATION

KEY TO

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE

ALONE

DISEQUILIBRIUM

TOGETHER WITH

EMOTIONS MATURATION EXPERIENCESOCIAL

INTERACTION

DRIVES CURIOSITY

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT

AIDS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

MAJOR SOURCE OF DISCOVERIES

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE PROMOTE NEW

DISCOVERIES

SENSORIMOTOR0-2 YEARS

PREOPERATIONAL2-7 YEARS

CONCRETE OPERATIONAL

7-12 YEARS

FORMAL OPERATIONAL12-15 YEARS

DEVELOPS

MOTIVATES LEARNING

ADAPTATION

INTERNAL MENTAL STRUCTURES

EXPE

RIEN

CE

EXPE

RIEN

CE

FUNCTIONAL ASSIMILATION

MAKING USE OF NEWLY AQUIRED MENTAL

STRUCTURES

ORGANISATION

(Thought process develops to include new information and ideas)

Increases the complexity of internal mental structures

1. Vialle, W., Lysaght, P., & Verenikina (2005) Chapter 2 „ The cognitive-development view: Piaget‟, in „Psychology for Educators‟ Thompson Learning Social Science Press, Melbourne, Victoria. Pp21-44.

2. http://cmap.ihmc.us/publications/researchpapers/theorycmaps/theoryunderlyingconceptmaps.htm3. http://doylo86.blogspot.com/2007/02/theory-of-cognitive-development.html

1. BIRTH TO 1 MONTH – USE OF REFLEXES 1.

2. 1 TO 4 MTHS – PRIMARY CIRCULAR MOVEMENTS

3. 4 TO 8 MTHS – SECONDARY CIRCULAR MOVEMENTS

4. 8 TO 12 MTHS – COORDINATION OF SECONDARY SCHEMATA

5. 12 TO 18 MTHS – TERTIARY CIRCULAR REACTIONS

6. 18 TO 24 MTHS – INVENTION AND REPRESENTATION

1. EGOCENTRISM2. LANGUARGE DEVELOPMENT3. CENTRATION4. LIMITED LOGICAL OPERATIONS

SYMBOLS LOGIC INTERNALISED

ACTIONS

- SYMBOLIC THINKING- DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEMES

1. APPLY LOGIC TO SOLVE TASKS

2. GIVE REASON

3. DECENTRE

4. APPLY PRINCIPLES OF REVERSIBILITY

1. THINK ABSTRACTLY2. CONTEMPLATE CONCEPTS

THUTH BEAUTY MORALITY JUSTICE

3. DEDUCTIVE + INDUCTIVE REASONING