PIAGET

VERSUS

VYGOTSKY
COMPARING TEORY OF
CONGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

PIAGET VYGOTSKY

Learning is Learning is
soliarity social

Children acquire
Children work with
knowledge through
others to build
their own
knowledge
explorations

Development is Development is
universal and stages different depending
are same regradless on social and cultural
of context context

Four discrete stages Continuous development

(no stages)

Child will learn only when Congnitive development

ready can be accelerated
 PIAGET
VERSUS

VYGOTSKY
COMPARING TEORY OF
CONGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

PIAGET VYGOTSKY

Stems from independent Stems from social

explorations interactions

Child learn through Child learn through

active self-discovery instruction and
guidance

Teacher to : Teacher to :
Support children to Establish opportunities
explore their world and for children to learn with
discover knowledge the teacher and more
skilled peers