Jean Piaget (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist and philosopher, well known for his pedagogical studies. His theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "Genetic Epistemology."
He laid great importance to the education of children, which made him declare in 1934 in his role as Director of the International Bureau of Educati...
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Jean Piaget (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist and philosopher, well known for his pedagogical studies. His theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "Genetic Epistemology."
He laid great importance to the education of children, which made him declare in 1934 in his role as Director of the International Bureau of Education that: ‘only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual’.
In 1965 he created the International Centre for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva and directed it until 1980. According to Ernst von Glasersfeld, Jean Piaget is "the great pioneer of the constructivist theory of knowing."
Piaget was born in 1896 in Neuchâtel in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. His father, Arthur Piaget, was a professor of medieval literature at the University of Neuchâtel. Piaget was a precocious child who...
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