Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist and genetic epistemologist, is one of the most widely known cognitivist; he studied how children think as well as the nature of intelligence. According to (Cherry, Jean Piaget Biography (1896-1980), 2016), “Prior to Piaget’s theory, children were often thought of simply as mini-adults. Instead, Piaget suggested that the way children think is fundamentally different from the way that adults think.” “Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematics study of cognitive development” (McLeod, 2015). But, what is cognitive development? According to (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2017), “cognitive development refers to the development of the ability to think and reason.” Piaget defined cognitive
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There is a six-year-old girl named Alexis, who has a proprioceptive dysfunction. Proprioceptive dysfunction is a sensory processing disorder symptom that “refers to a body’s inability to properly process sensory input related to proprioception” (Miller, 2010). Her symptoms consist of: stomping while she’s walking, biting everything she comes in contact with, teeth grinding, and punches and hitting other children. In order for educators to apply Piaget’s cognitive development to help Alexis learn better, they would need to know and understand what stage of cognitive development Alexis is currently at so they can create an appropriate teaching strategy that will cater to Alexis as well as her classmates. According to Piaget (McLeod, 2015), “within the classroom learning should be student-centered and accomplished through active discovery learning. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning, rather than direct tuition.” Teachers should suggest to their students that they can talk to their peers, so they can learn from each other” (McLeod, 2015). Another suggestion would be to allow students, especially those with proprioceptive dysfunction, to move around; they tend to learn best when they aren’t seated for prolonged periods of
There is a six-year-old girl named Alexis, who has a proprioceptive dysfunction. Proprioceptive dysfunction is a sensory processing disorder symptom that “refers to a body’s inability to properly process sensory input related to proprioception” (Miller, 2010). Her symptoms consist of: stomping while she’s walking, biting everything she comes in contact with, teeth grinding, and punches and hitting other children. In order for educators to apply Piaget’s cognitive development to help Alexis learn better, they would need to know and understand what stage of cognitive development Alexis is currently at so they can create an appropriate teaching strategy that will cater to Alexis as well as her classmates. According to Piaget (McLeod, 2015), “within the classroom learning should be student-centered and accomplished through active discovery learning. The role of the teacher is to facilitate learning, rather than direct tuition.” Teachers should suggest to their students that they can talk to their peers, so they can learn from each other” (McLeod, 2015). Another suggestion would be to allow students, especially those with proprioceptive dysfunction, to move around; they tend to learn best when they aren’t seated for prolonged periods of