+1 862 207 3288 In this essay on cognitive development I will critically compare the theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky, who were both influential in forming a more scientific approach to analysing the cognitive development process of the childs active construction of knowledge. (Flanagan 1996 P.72).
There is sometimes a tendency to interpret the work of Piaget and Vygotsky in a polarised way, as if the work of one had next to nothing in common with that of the other. On this interpretation, there is an exclusive choice to be made between Piaget, or Vygotsky, but not both….(short extract)
