How old are KS3 children and what implications could this bring? by Abigail Ball https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh Post your thoughts on this question on this Padlet. Double click anywhere on the page or click on the pink + button at the bottom right of the page. en-us 2017-06-30 13:01:32 UTC 2026-01-28 09:04:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Some Ks3 children will be above or below Piaget's threshold for thinking outside the concrete. Children who have reached the formal operational stage will be able to do tasks that others cannot. Teacher must be aware and differentiate appropriately. However am confused about imagining ideal, non-existing worlds being FO stage - isn't this imaginative play that primary school age children do all the time? Also classification: my 5 yr old can classify cars into 'fafa car' (all Fiat 500s) and all other cars. confused... https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/182974762 2017-08-27 13:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/182974762 https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/183519662 Piaget`s stages are quite broad. ]]> 2017-08-29 19:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/183519662 Key Stage 3 students are in between the last two of Piaget's groups, meaning that some may be able to think outside of the concrete and some may not. Teachers must be aware of where individual students are in terms of their learning development https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/187280301 2017-09-13 17:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/187280301 https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/187841755 Is the fact that students span the 'concrete operations' and 'formal operations' stages of development recognised in the early stages of the KS3 
curriculum?]]> 2017-09-15 07:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/187841755 https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/188173701 You have probably answered your own question, in that the ages at which children reach the various stages of cognitive development in Piaget's theory vary and some children can reach formal operational stage much earlier than Piaget believed. As you mention, this has huge implications for differentiation in the classroom...]]> 2017-09-16 20:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/188173701 https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/188641673 Since KS3 covers 11-14 year olds that covers the last two stages of development Piaget identified but doesn't factor in the different speeds of learning which only serves to blur the boundary more between concrete and formal operations]]> 2017-09-18 19:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/universityofwarwick/6iegjxd3cmfh/wish/188641673