Piaget

Summarize the impact of Piaget in Education today

Piaget and his theory have a big impact on education today. Many teachers use is theory in their classrooms. Piaget believed that social interaction was very important. Many teachers, especially in elementary school do group work or group projects. Piaget also believed that children should be taught at the level for which they are developmentally prepared. Meaning only teach children on the level they can be taught. Teachers again especially in elementary schools test there students either every day or once a week on the information they know so they can teach them on a level that works for them. Piaget also belived highly in schema, which is mental building blocks. Teachers use schema all the time because everyday your learning something new which means you recieving more and more building blocks. That is how and why Piaget's theory and Piaget have a huge impact on education today.