Piaget biography
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Jean Piaget | |
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Psychologist | |
Born | Aug.Jean piaget biography9, 1896 |
Died | Sep. 15, 1980 (at age 84) Geneva, Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist and biologist.
He was particularly renowned for his theory bringing together epistemology and cognitive development. He held that education was extremely important for children, to the extent that he felt society would inevitably collapse without it.
Piaget biography
For the last 35 years of his life, Piaget headed the International Center for Genetic Epistemology. This produced so much material thanks to a variety of collaborative works that it became known as his “factory.” During the 1970s, he was awarded both the Erasmus and the Balzan Prize.
Early Years
Piaget was born in the Swiss town of Neuchâtel on August 9, 1896, the first child in his family.
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