Jean
Piaget was born in Switzerland and by age 10 had already begun
his professional career as a researcher and writer. He
was interested in biology and wrote a paper on the sighting of
an albino sparrow that propelled his interest in the
scientific study of nature.
He
studied natural sciences at the University of Neuchβtel where
he obtained a Ph.D. in Zoology. During his tenure as a
professor of child psychology, he conducted many research
studies on Genetic Epistemology (the
theory of knowledge on Genetics). He was interested in
the role of genetics and child development, and is most well
known for his Theory
of Cognitive Development.
In
this theory, Piaget introduced the stages that a child passes
through on his or her way to the development of formal though
processes. His theory has been well accepted and
included in every developmental text in psychology and
education. He died in Geneva at the age of 84.
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Jean
Piaget was born in Switzerland and by age 10 had already begun
his professional career as a researcher and writer. He
was interested in biology and wrote a paper on the sighting of
an albino sparrow that propelled his interest in the
scientific study of nature.