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Jean Piaget (9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) Developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children. “[T]he child is someone who constructs his own moral world view, who forms ideas about right and wrong, and fair and unfair, that are not the direct product of adult teaching and that are often maintained in the face of adult wishes to the contrary. ”

Piaget’s Developmental Stages

Piaget’s Developmental Stages Stage Characterized by Sensorimotor (Birth-2 years) Differentiates self from objects Recognizes self as agent of action and begins to act intentionally: e. g. pulls a string to set mobile in motion or shakes a rattle to make a noise Pre-operational (2 -7 years) Learns to use language and to represent objects by images and words Concrete operational (7 -11 years) Can think logically about objects and events Formal operational (11 years and up) Can think logically about abstract propositions and test hypotheses systematically Achieves object permanence: realizes that things continue to exist even when no longer present to the sense Thinking is still egocentric: has difficulty taking the viewpoint of others Classifies objects by a single feature: e. g. groups together all the red blocks regardless of shape or all the square blocks regardless of color Achieves conservation of number (age 6), mass (age 7), and weight (age 9) Classifies objects according to several features and can order them in series along a single dimension such as size Becomes concerned with the hypothetical, the future, and ideological problems

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) Philosopher, writer, and composer of 18 th-century Romanticism “[A]ll children are perfectly designed organisms, ready to learn from their surroundings so as to grow into virtuous adults, but due to the malign influence of corrupt society, they often fail to do so. ” Emile

Rousseau Sentimental Approach Children develop naturally They actively learn from their environment Society is a poisonous environment Therefore, students should be educated in an environment more conducive to learning—e. g. altering the environment and setting traps or puzzles to solve and overcome • “The noblest work in education is to make a reasoning man, and we expect to train a young child by making him reason! This beginning at the end; this is making an instrument of a result. If children understood how to reason they would not need to be educated. ” Emile • •