Tying together almost four decades of neo-Piagetian research,
Cognitive Development provides a unique critical analysis and a
comparison of concepts across neo-Piagetian theories. Like Piaget,
neo-Piagetian theorists take a constructivist approach to cognitive
development, are broad in scope, and assume that cognitive
development is divided into stages with qualitative differences.
Unlike Piaget, however, they define the increasing complexity of
the stages in accordance with the child's information processing
system, rather than in terms of logical properties. This volume
illustrates these characteristics and evidences the exciting
possibilities for neo-Piagetian research to build connections both
with other theoretical approaches such as dynamic systems and with
other fields such as brain science.
The opening chapter provides a historical orientation, including
a critical distinction between the "logical" and the "dialectical"
Piaget. In subsequent chapters the major theories and experimental
findings are reviewed, including Pascual-Leone's Theory of
Constructive Operators, Halford's structuralist theory, Fischer's
dynamic systems approach to skills, Case's theory of Central
Conceptual Structures, Siegler's microgenetic approach, and the
proposals of Mounoud and Karmiloff-Smith, as well as the work of
others, including Demetriou and de Ribaupierre. The interrelation
of emotional and cognitive development is discussed extensively, as
is relevant non neo-Piagetian research on information processing.
The application of neo-Piagetian research to a variety of topics
including children's problem solving, psychometrics, and education
is highlighted. The book concludes with the authors' views on
possibilities for an integrated neo-Piagetian approach to cognitive
development.
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