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3) Piaget Evaluation

The document evaluates Piaget's stages of cognitive development through examples involving children Jane and Paul. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Piaget's theory, including its practical application in education and its reductionist nature. Additionally, it highlights the credibility issues and alternative theories that explain child development.

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3) Piaget Evaluation

The document evaluates Piaget's stages of cognitive development through examples involving children Jane and Paul. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Piaget's theory, including its practical application in education and its reductionist nature. Additionally, it highlights the credibility issues and alternative theories that explain child development.

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Evaluation of Piaget

Tom is playing with his children Jane and Paul in the


garden. Tom hides a toy monkey under a pile of toy
bricks.
1. Jane finds the toy monkey but Paul cannot. Name the stage of
cognitive development Paul is in according to his behaviour. (1)

2. Jane says to her dad that the toy monkey might be sad because it
was hidden. Jane asks him if she can be a pretend doctor to check if
the toy monkey is okay. Name the stage of cognitive development
Jane is in according to her behaviour. (1)
The stages
Try and summarise each stage into one sentence to make it easy to
remember!

1. Sensorimotor Intelligence- object permanence.


2. Pre-operational Thought- egocentricism, pretend play using words
and symbols, conservation tasks.
3. Concrete Operational Thought- lack logic and hypotheticals.
4. Formal Operational Thought- can think abstract.
Tom is playing with his children Jane and Paul in the
garden. Tom hides a toy monkey under a pile of toy
bricks.
1. Jane finds the toy monkey but Paul cannot. Name the stage of
cognitive development Paul is in according to his behaviour. (1)

2. Jane says to her dad that the toy monkey might be sad because it
was hidden. Jane asks him if she can be a pretend doctor to check if
the toy monkey is okay. Name the stage of cognitive development
Jane is in according to her behaviour. (1)
Practical application of Piaget’s
theory
• Have a read of the page on OneNote ‘Piaget and Education’.
• After reading, write a full SER point that you could use as an
evaluation point

• Then, try to think of one strength and one weakness of Piaget’s


theory (think of credibility, alternative theories, reductionism/holism,
anything else) and try to write them as full SERs, too!
For Against
Credibility This theory lacks credibility. Piaget’s stages of development are based on how the mind
develops its ability to process information. Although we can see the result of
development, we are unable to see the active process of the development of
processing happening. For example, we cannot see the development of object
permanence, only the result of. Therefore, the theory is not credible.

Alternative theory There are other ways to explain development. For example, biological psychology
states that development is due to the brain developing over time, rather than our
cognition. This is another way of explaining development in children.

Practical application Piaget’s theory of development can be


applied to education as it has altered how
teaching is administered at different ages.
For example, there is more of a focus on
how the student processes information
rather than the right answer, due to
differences in development. This has also
led to differentiation, meaning the theory
has strong practical application.

Reductionist or Holistic The theory is more reductionist as it does not consider the individual’s biology. Piaget
makes little to no reference to the brain and its impact on development, making it more
reductionist.

Anything else? Highlights the importance of stimulation to Piaget’s theory was largely based on research conducted by his own children. This
help with development. For instance, means that the theory may be biased to support what he was trying to prove,
focusing on senses and stimulating children questioning the validity and application of theory.
as much as possible (value of experience).

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