Piaget Vygotsky

Piaget and Vygotsky Theories of Cognitive Development Everyday life is characterized by conscious purpose. From reaching for food to designing an experiment, our actions are directed at goals. This purpose reveals itself partly in our conscious awareness and partly in the organization of our thoughts and actions. Cognition is the process involved in thinking and mental activity, such as attention, memory and problem solving. Much past and present theory has emphasized the parallels between the …

…In spite of his criticisms, Vygotsky built his educational theories on the strengths of Piaget's. Bibliography References Evans, R. (1973). Jean Piaget: The Man and His Ideas. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc Lavatelli, C. (1973). Piaget’s Theory Applied to an Early Childhood Curriculum. Boston: American Science and Engineering, Inc. Piaget, Jean, (2000) Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Vygotsky, Lev (1962). Thought and Language. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press