Piaget And Vygotsky. Vygotsky s studies were cut short by his untimely death at the age of 38 while piaget continued his research into cognitive child development for decades. However in contrast vygotsky believed that given proper help and assistance children could perform a problem that piaget would consider to be out of the child s mental capabilities.
Piaget s research emphasized nature or innate capabilities while vygotsky s theories revolved around nurture or the connection between environment and development. I disagree my theory of cognitive. Both authors have contributed to the field of education and psychology offering explanations about how learning occurs and cognitive development at an early age.
Like piaget vygotsky believed that there were some problems out of a child s range of understanding.
Unlike piaget s notion that childrens development must necessarily precede their learning vygotsky argued learning is a necessary and universal aspect of the process of developing culturally organized specifically human psychological function 1978 p. Piaget s research emphasized nature or innate capabilities while vygotsky s theories revolved around nurture or the connection between environment and development. Contrasted to piaget the soviet researcher in developmental psychology lev vygotsky offers a perception of cognitive development as a continuous process having no terminal stage. The idea that humans learn has confirmed to be a secret of understanding for centuries.