Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development have brought a fresh perspective to what we teachers do in the classroom. This course has brought into focus the things which we need to change in our practice in respect of the diversity found among students within the classroom and also highlights that the pace and rate of learning differ. It encourages us as teachers to move away from the teacher-centered classrooms to that which encourages us to create more student-centered environments, utilizing more collaborative strategies, experiences, discovery and hands-on approaches to teaching and learning with the individual student's development as our guide.
However, although Piaget's theory has merit one cannot not reflect on the present education system which focuses mainly on the completion of a curriculum and having students pass exams.
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