The Implications of Piaget's Constructivism for Early Childhood Education [microform] / George E. Forman
- Bib ID:
- 5336329
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Forman, George E
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977
- 11 p.
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This paper discusses Piaget's constructivist theory of logico-mathematical knowledge, the development of knowledge in children, and implications for preschool activities. The theory that a child cannot understand anything she or he has not constructed is advanced. Contrasts between Piaget's theory and the theories of Gibson and Luria are described briefly. It is proposed that although language plays a role in logical thought, it is itself insufficient to account for the development of cognizance (conscious knowledge). The development of knowledge is discussed in terms of the concept of object permanence, the ability to understand how things can be transformed and the ability to construct relatedness through inference. Piaget terms this inferential process logico-mathematical knowledge. The role of action in the development of logico-mathematical knowledge has implications for preschool program content. Three problems with which young children characteristically have difficulty are discussed: (1) the problem of gaps (inferring continuity in the face of discontinuity); (2) the problem of representation (reflecting on the form of movement); and (3) the problem of procedures (relating static states to the transformation that produced them). Ways of encouraging development in these areas are presented in examples from the School for Constructive Play at the University of Massachusetts. Also discussed are new teaching techniques defined by Inhelder, Sinclair and Bovet that are based on a predict-observe-predict paradigm consistent with constructivism. (SB)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New York, New York, April 4-8, 1977).
- Educational level discussed: Early Childhood Education.
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