Theories on Cognitive Development

Theories on Cognitive Development

Vygotsky and Piaget gave important views to educators over the cognitive development of a child. Piaget showed that a child progresses through the cognitive development stages through maturation, methods of discovery as well as social transmissions. The theory of Vygotsky focused over the importance of language and culture over the cognitive development of an individual

Piaget showed that the cognitive development through the infant to youth is based over four stages. These are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete as well as the formal operations. During the first two years after child birth, the child is in the stage ...