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Jean Piaget: His Theories and their Applications in Teaching
Having an understanding of cognitive theories is of immense importance especially as a beginning teacher. With an understanding of how and when children learn is of paramount to the way a teacher plans and implements learning situations. Perhaps the most effective way to examine cognitive theories and possible practical applications of them is to explore the most famous cognitive theorist of them all; Jean Piaget. As will become apparent, Piaget’s theory and in fact his findings have been widely challenged. Nevertheless, Piaget’s ideas still maintain a vital influence in both general psychology and contemporary education.
Jean Piaget’s theories were developed from many years of observation of children, especially his own, in natural environments as opposed to the laboratory experiments which were carried out by the behaviourists. Piaget was interested in the way children interacted with their environment; he wanted...

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