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Jean Piaget
Read a biography of Jean Piaget.
( http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/piaget.html )
The Jean Piaget Society
Learn more about the Jean Piaget Society, the aim of which is to provide an open forum, through symposia, books, an academic journal, and other publications, for the presentation and discussion of scholarly work on issues related to human knowledge and its development.
( http://www.piaget.org/ )
The Vygotsky Project
Visit this comprehensive site to learn more about Vygotsky, including his life, his ideas, and how he influenced the fields of psychology and education.
( http://webpages.charter.net/schmolze1/vygotsky/vygotsky.html )
Scaffolding Teaching
See firsthand how Vygotsky has influenced education. This article presents strategies for teaching reading in the middle school years based on Vygotskian theory.
( http://www.myread.org/scaffolding.htm )
Piaget – Stage 1 - Sensoriomotor
See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the sensoriomotor stage, such as object permanence
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8y-JVhjS0 )
Piaget – Stage 2 - Preoperational
See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the preoperational stage, such as conservation
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=GLj0IZFLKvg )
Piaget – Stage 3 - Concrete
See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the concrete stage, such as reversibility
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=gA04ew6Oi9M )
Piaget – Stage 4 - Formal
See some real life examples of the skills that develop and also are lacking in the concrete stage, such as deductive Reasoning
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJdcXA1KH8&feature=related )
Piaget – Egocentrism
See a clip showing Egocentrism and how this effects the ability to complete a False-belief task
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinqFgsIbh0&feature=related )
Vygotsky and the Zone of Proximal Development
See a short clip showing a good explanation of ZPD and how the ZPD is decreased by teachers
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME9_bCjDrwk&feature=related )
Vygotsky: Scaffolding and Language
See a short clip showing a good explanation of Scaffolding and the importance of language in learning. There is also brief examples of how this is applied to classroom settings
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12TcwDSrdnM&feature=related )







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