Piaget vs. Information Processing

Wilderness Camp vs. Computer Camp
Kelley Meagher
November 25, 2003












...we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher's task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child
~Dr. Maria Montessori


I. Cognitive development is the development of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making. Historically, the cognitive development of children has been studied in a variety of ways. The most well-known and influential theory of cognitive development is that of French psychologist Jean Piaget. He originally trained in areas of biology and philosophy and considered himself a “genetic epistimologist.” He was mai...