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Blake, B., & Pope, T. (2008, May). Developmental psychology: incorporating Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories in classrooms. Journal of Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Education, 1(1), 59-67. Retrieved from https://keats.kcl.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/1514657/mod_resource/content/1/Piaget%20%20Vygotsky.pdf

Santrock, J. W. (2013). Children. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Segal, M., Bardige, B., Woika, M. J., & Leinfelder, J. (2010, October 25). Jean Piaget. Retrieved from Education.com website: http://www.education.com/reference/article/jean-piaget/

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Despite, not being an educational theorist, Piaget's work has contributed to educational theory in remarkable ways.  Through Piaget's work in how students develop cognitively, "Teachers become more cognizant
to how people process, learn, and remember
information, which helps them plan more effective
lessons and create positive learning environments
for their students" (Blake, B. & Pope, T., 2010, p. 59)

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Despite, not being an educational theorist, Piaget's work has contributed to educational theory in remarkable ways.  Through Piaget's work in how students develop cognitively, "Teachers become more cognizant
to how people process, learn, and remember
information, which helps them plan more effective
lessons and create positive learning environments
for their students" (Blake, B. & Pope, T., 2010, p. 59)

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FORMAL OPERATIONAL PHASE - (11 YEARS to ADULT

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FORMAL OPERATIONAL PHASE - (11 YEARS to ADULT

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In this phase, children and adults enter a phase in "which allows them to think logically and show lingering egocentrism" (Blake, B. & Pope, T., 2010, p. 60).

In this phase, humans shift from concrete thought to abstract thought, connecting ideas, & metacognition (Santrock, 2013).

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Children can reason logically.  Can classify objects concretely into different sets. (Santrock, 2013).

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"The child begins to represent the world with words and images.  These words and images represent increased symbolic thinking and go beyond the connection of sensory information and physical action" (Santrock, 2013, p.

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Children "are likely to learn by using their five senses, object permanence, and
actions that are goal-directed" (Blake, B & Pope, T., 2010, p. 60).

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Blake & Pope (2010) indicate that according to Piaget, "Cognitive structures, which are “basic,
interconnected psychological systems that enable
people to process information by connecting it with
prior knowledge and experience, finding patterns
and relationships, identifying rules, and generating
abstract principles relevant in different
applications,” mattered to Piaget (Blake, B. & Pope, T., 2010, p. 59).

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Blake & Pope (2010) indicate that according to Piaget, "Cognitive structures, which are “basic,
interconnected psychological systems that enable
people to process information by connecting it with
prior knowledge and experience, finding patterns
and relationships, identifying rules, and generating
abstract principles relevant in different
applications,” mattered to Piaget (Blake, B. & Pope, T., 2010, p. 59).

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Piaget indicated that, "All children, beginning from infancy, pass through an orderly succession of developmental stages and
substages. Their current stage of development determines the way they interpret experiences, structure
problems, and seek solutions" (Segal, M., Bardgie, B., Woika, M. J., & Leinfelder, J., 2010).

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Piaget indicated that, "All children, beginning from infancy, pass through an orderly succession of developmental stages and
substages. Their current stage of development determines the way they interpret experiences, structure
problems, and seek solutions" (Segal, M., Bardgie, B., Woika, M. J., & Leinfelder, J., 2010).

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Piaget's work postulated that children go through for key phases of development,  directly linked to the way they process information (Santrock, 2013).  This theory would come to be known as the Cognitive Stages of Development.

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Piaget was born in 1896, in Switzerland.  During the 1920's, Piaget began his work in what would become one of the foremost theories in developmental psychology (Blake, B. & Pope, T., 2008).

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Jean Piaget (1896- 1980) - The Father of Cognitive Developmental Theory.