The discussion of the game of marbles seems to have led us into rather deep waters. But in the eyes of children the history of the game of marbles has quite as much importance as the history of religion or of forms of government. It Is a history, moreover, that is magnificently spontaneous; and it was therefore perhaps not entirely useless to seek to throw light on the child's judgment of moral value by a preliminary study of the social behaviour of children amongst themselves.
Experience precedes understanding. - Jean Piaget
Experience precedes understanding.
- Jean Piaget
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and no one else, education m… - Jean Piaget
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and no one else, education m…
Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration - Jean Piaget
Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration
Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will… - Jean Piaget
Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will…
Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered. - Jean Piaget
Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered.
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. - Jean Piaget
What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.
Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of… - Jean Piaget
Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of…
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other … - Jean Piaget
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other …
Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations. - Jean Piaget
Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.
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