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The essential Piaget
Piaget's most important works on child psychology are included as well as a summary of his novel, Recherche, and writings on education, philosophy, and biology
881 pages, Hardcover
First published February 7, 1977
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Jean Piaget
343Ìýbooks659ÌýfollowersJean Piaget (1896 - 1980) was a Swiss philosopher, natural scientist and developmental theorist, well known for his work studying children, his theory of cognitive development, and his epistemological view called "genetic epistemology." In 1955, he created the International Centre for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva and directed it until his death in 1980. According to Ernst von Glasersfeld, Jean Piaget was "the great pioneer of the constructivist theory of knowing."
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March 7, 2019
This is a very technical and advanced-level book. It's definitely not light reading, and it requires a pretty thorough understanding of the field of psychology in general. The breadth of the subject matter covered and the extensive psychological/ technical vocabulary made it hard to penetrate. I found myself Googling definitions of words every 10 minutes. Despite my limited comprehension of the more abstract/ theoretical material. reading about Piaget's experiments with children and learning about how knowledge structures and the capacity for human intelligence develop was quite entertaining.
December 29, 2009
You can't really read this book - it's too heavy, big and dense. But it's a great resource for writing papers and getting an understanding the different facets of Piaget's magnificent work.
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