Piaget Learning Styles. Piaget s theory is based on the idea that the developing child builds cognitive structures in other words mental maps schemes or networked concepts for understanding and responding to. Plan a variety of classroom activities that accommodate different learning styles such as visual or auditory.
When my parents and grandparents were in school there was little to no importance placed on different learning styles. We explain each of the four stages and explore strategies based on piaget s theory for. Many learning style differences are related to piagetian stages of cognitive development.
When my parents and grandparents were in school there was little to no importance placed on different learning styles.
Jean piaget s theories impact learning in many different ways but keeping in mind the curriculum you are teaching as well as how you are teaching it directly applies to the essentials of child development. Jean piaget has played a vital role in the construction of what we know today about children and their learning. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment. Piaget encouraged independent hands on learning and opportunities for discovery.