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Piaget’s theory Specification content Learning objectives Suggested hours Learning activities and resources Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development including concepts of assimilation and accommodation. The four stages of development: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational. Understand Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development. Understand the concepts of assimilation and accommodation. Understand the four stages of development. Understand key concepts from research methods topic. 2 Introduce Piaget with this Introduce and explain concepts of assimilation and accommodation (and schemas) or use this Students to work in pairs and come up with their own examples of how an existing schema may need to assimilate and accommodate new information. Introduce and explain the four stages of development, key features of each stage and Piaget’s tasks for identifying level of development in each stage. This can be done by using short video clips or by demonstrating the actual tasks. (1) Sensorimotor and object permanence, use this – may also lead to a discussion of ethics. (2) Pre-operational and egocentricity, use this (3) Concrete operational and conservation, use this (4) Formal operational. Ask students questions or give them tasks that test their ability to solve problems by applying logic in an abstract way. Students to create their own tasks or questions.
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