"Children construct their own understanding through interaction with their environment," who gave the statement?

"Children construct their own understanding through interaction with their environment," who gave the statement? Correct Answer Piaget

There is a ‘need to recognize the child as a natural learner, and knowledge as the outcome of the child’s own activity. Today the emphasis is on such a learning environment where children can construct their own knowledge, develop their capacities and remain active learners.

Key Points​Piaget has a firm belief that learning is influenced by the developmental stages of the learner.

  • He is of the view that learning is a constructive process. In Piaget's words:
    • Knowledge is not a copy of reality. To know an object, to know an event, is not simply to look at it and make a mental copy or image of it. To know an object is to act on it.
    • To know is to modify, to transform the object, and to understand the process of this transformation, and as a consequence to understand the way the object is constructed. 
  • Piaget emphasized on an active learner who can observe, act, modify, manipulate, transform and construct own meaning of an object or event.
  • His theory also helps in understanding how children construct knowledge through interaction with the environment. This theory is known as Constructivism.

Thus, it is concluded that Piaget said that "Children construct their own understanding through interaction with their environment,"

Hint

  •  Skinner propounded the operant conditioning theory.
  •  Pavlov propounded the classical conditioning theory.
  •  Burt researched on factor analysis and genetics of intelligence.

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