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PIAGETIAN PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION: TIME FOR REVISION
Author(s) -
BROWN G.,
DESFORGES C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1977.tb02995.x
Subject(s) - psychology , piaget's theory of cognitive development , educational psychology , interpretation (philosophy) , cognitive development , constructivism (international relations) , cognition , replication (statistics) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , epistemology , cognitive science , philosophy , linguistics , international relations , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , politics , political science , law
S ummary . The relationships between Piaget's theory and education are discussed. The accumulated data from studies based upon the theory are examined in terms of (i) shared assumptions which govern the interpretation of replication studies, (ii) the extent to which a stage can be meaningfully defined, and (iii) the nature of the developmental process proposed by the theory. It is concluded that Piaget's search for generalities in cognitive development has been unsuccessful, and that an approach based upon a skill‐integration model might be more profitable.