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Jean Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development outlines four stages (sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational) in a child's cognitive development from infancy to adolescence.
Constructivism is a learning theory that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding. Rather than passively receiving information, learners reflect on their experiences, create mental representations, and incorporate new knowledge into their schemas.
Jerome Bruner believed that children construct knowledge and meaning through active experience with the world around them. He emphasized the role of culture and language in cognitive development, which occurs in a spiral fashion with children revisiting basic concepts at increasing levels of complexity and abstraction.
Vygotsky’s notion of the zone of proximal development contrasts with Piaget’s stage theory of development. Vygotsky saw development as a continuous process heavily influenced by social factors, while Piaget proposed universal stages.
Lev Vygotsky's theory of child development, known as the sociocultural theory, emphasizes the importance of social interaction and cultural context in learning and cognitive development.
The preoperational stage and the sensorimotor stage are two distinct stages in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. In the sensorimotor stage, infants explore and learn about the world through their senses and motor actions.
The interplay between assimilation and accommodation is fundamental to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. While seemingly opposing forces, assimilation and accommodation are fundamentally interdependent and complementary
There are five basic types of learning theory: behaviorist, cognitive, constructivist, social, and experiential. This section provides a brief introduction to each type of learning theory.
Key Takeaways. A schema is a knowledge structure that allows organisms to interpret and understand the world around them. Schemata is a method of organizing information that allows the brain to work more efficiently. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development put the concept at the forefront of cognitive science.
Chomsky’s theory of language acquisition, known as Universal Grammar, posits that language is an innate capacity of humans. According to Chomsky, children are born with a language acquisition device (LAD), a biological ability that enables them to acquire language rules and structures effortlessly.