Title of the reading: Piaget's theory of cognitive development states that our cognitive abilities develop

through four specific stages.

Title of my original reading: Jean Piaget"s Cognitive development stage by stage

Key quotes: Each stage builds upon knowledge learned in the previous stage. Piaget's four stages
correspond with the age of the children and are the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational,
and formal operational stages.

Why I chose this quotes: Piaget (1952) did not explicitly relate his theory to education, although later
researchers have explained how features of Piaget's theory can be applied to teaching and learning.
Because Piaget's theory is based upon biological maturation and stages, the notion of 'readiness' is
important. Readiness concerns when certain information or concepts should be taught. According to
Piaget's theory children should not be taught certain concepts until they have reached the appropriate
stage of cognitive development.

Brief Casual Summary: According to psychologist Jean Piaget, children progress through a series of four
critical stages of cognitive development. Each stage is marked by shifts in how kids understand the world.
Piaget believed that children are like "little scientists" and that they actively try to explore and make sense
of the world around them. Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests that children move
through four different stages of mental development. His theory focuses not only on understanding how
children acquire knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence. Piaget believed that
children took at active role in the learning process, acting much like little scientists as they perform
experiments, make observations and learn about the world. Through his observations of his children,
Piaget developed a stage theory of intellectual development that included four distinct stages:

The sensorimotor stage, from birth to age 2

The preoperational stage, from age 2 to about age 7

The concrete operational stage, from age 7 to 11

The formal operational stage, which begins in adolescence and spans into adulthood.
Where children become more systematic and reasonable and they can
not only reason of tangible objects and events but also they possess
capability of reasoning and thinking in more abstract, hypothetical and
idealistic ones.