Piaget and Education: Aspects of a Theory.

Jacob, Saied H.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Piaget and Education: Aspects of a Theory.

Jacob, Saied H.

Educational Forum, v46 n2 p221-37 Win 1982

The purpose of this article is to construct Piaget's contributions to education, focusing on cognitive aspects. Explored are the goals of education: independent inquiry and acquisition of a body of information, passivity in traditional education, and the psychogenetic view of knowledge formation. (SK)

Descriptors: Children, Concept Formation, Discovery Processes, Educational Objectives, Educational Psychology, Intellectual Development, Psychoeducational Methods, Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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