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Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development: Extent to which it supports skills based learning in primary schools

   

Added on  2023-04-21

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Piaget’s theory of Cognitive
Development
Extent to which it supports skills based
learning in primary schools
Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development: Extent to which it supports skills based learning in primary schools_1
Introduction
• Many theories have been proposed over the years
on cognitive learning and development
• These have assisted educators to engage properly
with children
• The theories focus on overall development of
children and not just academic
• Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has
been instrumental in this regard
Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development: Extent to which it supports skills based learning in primary schools_2
Key theories of development and learning
• Piaget’s Cognitive
Development
• Lev Vygotsky’s Sociocultural
Theory
• Albert Bandura’s Social
Learning Theory
• Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial
Development
Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development: Extent to which it supports skills based learning in primary schools_3
Lev Vygotsky’s Sociocultural theory
• Vygotsky proposed that social
interaction plays a major role in
cognitive development
• The Zone of Proximal
Development or ZPD is one of his
theory’s most crucial concepts
• He was the most influential
cognitive theorist after Piaget
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