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What are the Educational Implications of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

It is said that Jean Piaget is the originator of cognitive development. He was a Swiss psychologist who studied how children’s minds developed as they were growing up. He claims that

“Cognitive development is a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of biological maturation and environmental experience.”

He examined his three children’s intellectual growth.

Educational Implications of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

To offer educational opportunities.
Encourage an environment of self-learning.

Include practice-based learning.
An increase in extracurricular activities.
the Project Teaching’s inclusion

Growth of mature thinking
Promoting the Discovery Approach