Jean Piaget, Children and the Class-Inclusion Problem Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions Series
Auteur : Kohnstamm Dolph
The Classic Edition of Dolph Kohnstamm?s Jean Piaget, Children and the Class-Inclusion Problem, first published in 1967, includes a new introduction by the author, describing for readers the original context for his work, how the field has moved forward and the ongoing relevance of this volume.
This enduring text offers a critical study of a cornerstone of Piaget?s theory that a child's ability to solve problems of class-inclusion marks the beginning of the period of concrete (logical) operations at about 7 or 8 years of age. Kohnstamm's experiments show, however, that, with a teaching method that provokes children?s authentic logical thinking processes, most children of 5 can already learn to solve a variety of class-inclusion problems, up to a level where they can even invent similar but new problems themselves. These results question the basic assumption of Piaget's theory that logical operations can only develop in firmly connected groupings of operations. Kohnstamm argues that experimenters must, therefore, show that children who come to master one kind of operation should also show transference to other operations of the same grouping. This insightful volume questions the real existence in brain functioning of Piaget?s families of logical operations. No experimental proof of such families has ever been demonstrated, and thus is solely an assumption in Piaget?s theory.
This challenge to Piaget's theory is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of cognitive, developmental and educational psychology.
Preface to the Classic Edition
Preface to the 2014 edition
1. The Class Inclusion Problem in Piaget’s Theory
2. Teaching the Inclusion Problem to Children in Geneva
3. Teaching the Inclusion Problem to Children
in Amsterdam
4. A Genevan Comment on My 1963 Publication
5. Teaching the Inclusion Problem to Children in Montreal
6. Teaching the Inclusion Problem to Children
in Utrecht (Netherlands)
7. Categorizing Children According to Their Degree
of Understanding
8. On the Methodology of Learning Studies
Relevant to Piaget’s Theory
Summary
Epilogue
A Personal History
Bibliography
Author Index
Dolph Kohnstamm is Professor Emeritus in Developmental Psychology, Leiden University, Netherlands. He is author of works including Parental Descriptions of Child Personality, Temperament in Context and The Developing Structure of Temperament and Personality from Infancy to Adulthood.
Date de parution : 03-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 03-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Jean Piaget, Children and the Class-Inclusion Problem :
Mots-clés :
Inclusion Problem; Group III; Jean Piaget; Class Inclusion Problem; developmental psychology; Piaget’s Equilibration Theory; child development; Vice Versa; cognitive development; Inclusion Relations; class inclusion; Mental Development; logical operations; Lego Brick; educational psychology; Picture Items; Dolph Kohnstamm; Inclusion Questions; Piaget's theory; Inclusion Reasoning; class-inclusion problem; Concrete Logical Operations; Montreal institute; Piaget’s Theory; younger children; Inclusion Items; Inclusion Situations; Verbal Justification; Piaget Literature; Brown Beads; Wooden Beads; Common Language; Group II; Misleading Suggestion; Logico Mathematical Experience; Additive Composition