The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. Jean Piaget capablecreateeducation Change image and share on social
The child often sees only what he already knows. He projects the whole of his verbal thought into things. He sees mountains as built by men, rivers as dug out with spades, the sun and moon as following us on our walks. Jean Piaget buildchilddig share on social
The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching. Jean Piaget annoyanceavoidconstitute share on social
Logical activity is not the whole of intelligence. One can be intelligent without being particularly logical. Jean Piaget activityintelligenceintelligent Change image and share on social
I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health. Jean Piaget attitudedeparturedetest Change image and share on social
Children's games constitute the most admirable social institutions. The game of marbles, for instance, as played by boys, contains an extremely complex system of rules - that is to say, a code of laws, a jurisprudence of its own. Jean Piaget admirableboychild share on social
The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but the second type I shall call reflective abstraction, using this term in a double sense. Jean Piaget abstractioncalldouble Change image and share on social
The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects. Jean Piaget actionawarediscover Change image and share on social
From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects connected by causal relations that are independent of the subject and are placed in objective space and time. Jean Piaget aggregatebuildcausal Change image and share on social
With regard to moral rules, the child submits more or less completely in intention to the rules laid down for him, but these, remaining, as it were, external to the subject's conscience, do not really transform his conduct. Jean Piaget childcompletelyconduct share on social
