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Piagetian Perspectives. Dixon’s Revolutionary Studies. Open-ended survey to 1000 SRCD members yielded 75 nominations Closed-ended (rank order top 5) survey of 500 yielded twenty from top thirty Key = new perspectives and rebelling against the status quo Piaget = #1.
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Dixon’s Revolutionary Studies • Open-ended survey to 1000 SRCD members yielded 75 nominations • Closed-ended (rank order top 5) survey of 500 yielded twenty from top thirty • Key = new perspectives and rebelling against the status quo • Piaget = #1
Piaget re: Case’s Framework • Empiricist? • Rationalist? • Sociohistorian? • Evolutionary Biology • Emergentist? “Little scientists” adaptive advantage (Gary) Increasingly adaptive emergence (Elida)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • Why study child development?
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • What develops when? (Milestones) • What capabilities are innate? Schema, e.g., “opening” (Miriam) Consciousness (Erin) Intention (Erin) Ascribing mental states / schema (Miriam & Seunghee) Assumption of goals (Gary) Schema (obj. permanence) vs. operations (Scott/Elida)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • What develops when? (Milestones) • What capabilities are innate? • Does development progress through stages? Theory of Mind (Miriam) Social Interaction (Miriam) Formal Operations as Peak (Dana) Continuity (Miriam)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • How does change occur? (Mechanisms) Maturation (Elida) “How” of schema representation & assimilation (Seunghee)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • How do individuals differ? Mental Retardation (Roxie)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • How do changes in the brain contribute to cognitive development?
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • How does the social world contribute to cognitive development? Regularities vs. Cultural Transmission (Elida)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • What constrains cognitive development? Swearing case (Dana)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • So What? (Practical Applications) Training (Roxie, Elida) Ethics of acceleration (Erin) Adaptability of “Deficiencies” (Stefani) Constraining Discovery (Joan)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • Drawbacks / Challenges re: Theory?
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • Why continue to study / teach Piaget? Piaget’s children (Dana)
Piagetian Perspectives on Issues • Why continue to study / teach Piaget?