Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Piaget Blog Post 2
The first child in the video is in the concrete operational stage of development. He was unable to think abstractly about the rules that were being told to him. When the adult told him that the feather would break the glass, the child knew that it was not possible, even if the rule said otherwise. The second child is in the formal operational stage. She was about to think about the abstract situation that was being presented to her. She knew that even thought it might not physically be possible, the rule said that the feather would break the glass, so she followed the rule. For the younger child, the teacher should try to avoid using examples that are abstract. The child will understand literal examples much easier. The older child should be challenged and given examples that are abstract and force her to think critically about different situations.
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Why do you think the younger child is in concrete operations? I'm not disagreeing with you, I just don't quite see your reasons. He cannot think abstractly and DOES think very concretely about the properties of a feather.
ReplyDeleteBy "challenge", you just mean that she should be given difficult abstract problems? I just wanted to make sure you know that challenging and thinking critically will not push her to develop, but will push her to learn.