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Piaget has had a great impact on the way childcare practitioners view a
child’s learning and the way they are taught, particularly in pre-school
and nurseries
Piaget:
Main role of practitioner is to provide opportunities for play and learning
Assess what stage of development the child is at in order to provide
appropriate toys/resources
Provide opportunities for varied experiences
Encouragement helps child to engage
Allow free play with range of materials etc
PIAGET APPLICATION
Stage 1: Sensorimotor Once a baby has developed object
At this stage they are starting their permanence (when something has
development of schemas. These allow gone we know it is still there) they
the child to make sense of world but may cry when there mum has gone –
they cannot yet organise information. they are aware of her being and they
They are also egocentric and will not want her back. It is the EYW’s job to
understand things from others view. employ distraction techniques i.e.
At this stage the child gains taking the baby to the window,
knowledge of the world through basic distracting them with toys etc
senses.
Children at this age love cause and
effect games i.e. they drop something
and you have to pick it up off the
floor. They drop it because they know
it will still be there and they find it
funny that you have to pick it up –
play lots of these kinds of games with
them.