Reply to Student 1
Hello, your post was interesting and you clearly elaborated on Piaget’s theory on the four stages of development. I agree that theory helps parents and professionals to make insightful observations about a child’s development. Piaget came up with a theory of cognitive development that featured four stages. He held the notion that children gain knowledge through experience, and this enables one to modify behavior accordingly ( Ahmad et al, 2016) . The child progressively builds his/her intellectual ability across four stages. While Piaget came up with a strong theory, his paradigm has certain weaknesses. First, it does not consider the onset and timing and cognitive abilities. Due to biological differences, the changes proposed by Piaget may not happen in an orderly manner. Secondly, the theory does not consider the wider range of capabilities of older children. Finally, it only focuses on the natural process of cognitive development, ignoring the fact it can be accelerated through active intervention and training ( McLeod, 2018) . Despite these weaknesses, the theory is still useful and you did well to focus on it.
References
Ahmad, S., Ch, A. H., Batool, A., Sittar, K., & Malik, M. (2016). Play and Cognitive Development: Formal Operational Perspective of Piaget's Theory. Journal of Education and Practice , 7 (28), 72-79.
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McLeod, S. (2018). Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Simply Psychology .
Reply to Student 2
Hi, I liked your post as it gave me new insight into Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Just like you, I am fascinated by the manner by which the theory is divided into four stages. The first stage is sensorimotor, which occurs from birth to 2 years. In this stage, a child uses motor skills and senses, object permanence, and can identify items by use ( Kose & Arslan, 2017) . Pre-operational is the second stage. It occurs from two to six years. At this point, a child develops symbolic thinking, language, egocentric thinking, and imagination. The next is concrete operations and occurs from seven to eleven years. The stage entails the development of logical thought, rational interpretations, and can engage in meaningful conversations ( Astuti, 2018) . The final stage is formal operations that proceed from 12 years to adulthood. It entails the development of abstract thoughts and exploration of theoretical ideas. The division of the theory into these four stages helps one to understand the gradual development of a child. Overall your post was great.
References
Astuti, N. P. E. (2018). Teacher’s Instructional Behaviour in Instructional Management at Elementary School Reviewed from Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory. In SHS Web of Conferences (Vol. 42, p. 00038). EDP Sciences.
Kose, U., & Arslan, A. (2017). Realizing an optimization approach inspired from Piagets theory on cognitive development. arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.05904 .
