Piaget's Theory: Understanding Child Thinking

A Piaget Primer offers a fascinating and understandable account of childhood development for anyone—education and psychology students, day care center workers and nursery school teachers, and parents. Jean Piaget, arguably the most important figure of the twentieth century in the field of child psychology, brilliantly and insightfully charted the stages of a child's intellectual maturation from the first years to adulthood over more than six decades of studying and working with children. In doing so, he pioneered a new mode of understanding the changing ways in which a child comes to grasp the world.

The purpose of this book is to make Piaget's vital work readily accessible to teachers, therapists, students, and, of course, parents. Two noted American psychologists distill Piaget's complex findings into wonderfully clear formulations without sacrificing either subtlety or significance. To accomplish this, they employ not only lucid language, but also use fascinating illuminations of a child's world and vision from stories like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as media manifestations such as Barney and Sesame Street.

This completely revised edition of the classic work is as enjoyable as it is invaluable—an essential guide to comprehending and communicating with children better than ever before.

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