1. NEW INFORMATION & IDEAS
ARE ENCOUNTED
USES
EQUAL & COMPLIMENTARY
ASSIMILATION ACCOMMODATION
ALONE
Increases the
ADAPTATION ORGANISATION WHEN BALANCED
complexity of
internal mental
DISEQUILIBRIUM structures
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
EQUILIBRATION
MOTIVATES LEARNING
TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL MENTAL
STRUCTURES
KEY TO
SOCIAL
EMOTIONS MATURATION EXPERIENCE INTERACTION DEVELOPMENTAL
MAKING USE OF NEWLY
AQUIRED MENTAL CHANGE
DRIVES PHYSICAL MAJOR SOURCE SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
STRUCTURES
CURIOSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT OF DISCOVERIES PROMOTE NEW
AIDS COGNITIVE DISCOVERIES FUNCTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPS (Thought process develops to include ASSIMILATION
new information and ideas)
SENSORIMOTOR PREOPERATIONAL CONCRETE FORMAL
OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL
0-2 YEARS 2-7 YEARS 12-15 YEARS
7-12 YEARS
1. BIRTH TO 1 MONTH – USE OF REFLEXES 1. 1. EGOCENTRISM 1. APPLY LOGIC TO SOLVE TASKS 1. THINK ABSTRACTLY
2. 1 TO 4 MTHS – PRIMARY CIRCULAR 2. LANGUARGE DEVELOPMENT 2. CONTEMPLATE CONCEPTS
MOVEMENTS 3. CENTRATION 2. GIVE REASON
3. 4 TO 8 MTHS – SECONDARY CIRCULAR 4. LIMITED LOGICAL OPERATIONS
MOVEMENTS 3. DECENTRE THUTH BEAUTY MORALITY JUSTICE
4. 8 TO 12 MTHS – COORDINATION OF SYMBOLS LOGIC INTERNALISED
SECONDARY SCHEMATA ACTIONS 4. APPLY PRINCIPLES OF REVERSIBILITY 3. DEDUCTIVE + INDUCTIVE REASONING
5. 12 TO 18 MTHS – TERTIARY CIRCULAR
REACTIONS - SYMBOLIC THINKING 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.
6. 18 TO 24 MTHS – INVENTION AND - DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEMES 2. http://cmap.ihmc.us/publications/researchpapers/theorycmaps/theoryunderlyingconceptmaps.htm
REPRESENTATION 3. http://doylo86.blogspot.com/2007/02/theory-of-cognitive-development.html