Compare and contrast Piaget's and Vygotsky's view of cognitive development during the preschool years
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Piaget's theory is a comprehensive stage approach model that claims universality
- Piaget viewed cognitive development as a result of child's acting on the environment
- Piaget viewed children's individual performance—the little scientists—working by themselves to develop an independent understanding of the world
- Piaget's theory is based on observations that provide a detailed portrait
- More recent research suggests that Piaget systematically underestimated children's abilities
- It has been suggested that Piaget's focus on deficiencies has biased his findings
- Vygotsky viewed cognitive development as a result of social interactions
- Vygotsky viewed the social and cultural world as a source of cognitive development
- Social expectations and cultural values influence cognitive development
- Vygotsky viewed children as apprentices, in that they use others to gain an understanding of the world
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