Understanding Piaget: An Introduction to Children's Cognitive Development

From dust jacket notes: "...In the years since this book's first edition, there has been an enormous expansion of interest in Piaget's work. Several new books by him have appeared, and many others have become newly available in English. A 'Genevan school' of Piagetian thinkers and researchers has done work that is often a valuable supplement to his own research. In order to make her introduction to Piaget's cognitive theories as current and valuabel as possible, Dr. Pulaski has revised and expanded her original book; and it now includes such new material as: chapters on imagery and memory, language and learning; the biological basis for Piget's theory of knowledge; the notion of identity; figurative and operative aspects of knowing; the process of equilbration. The important research of Inhelder, Bovet, and Sinclair, which has moved beyond Piaget's own work in the fields of language and certain aspects of learning, is also included. American researchers such as Kohlberg, Kamii, Liben, Gallagher, and Reid are also making important contributions, and their work is touched upon. Piaget's ideas and experiments are important for everyone whose life is in any way concerned with children. Parents will see that the apparently aimless play of babies is actually purposeful, and will understand what lies behind the endless 'why' questions of childhood. Teachers will discover why their pupils do not seem to learn when they are counseled simply to 'sit and listen.' Understanding Piaget is essential to understanding children."