Personal Research Journey

There are many reason researcher studies child development. developmentlists begin with curiosity and then seek the facts, drawing conclusion only after careful research. However child development is divided into four equal parts to make a whole child. Therefor, I chose for my simulation is Early Childhood; Cognitive Development between the ages of 2 and 6 years of age understanding conservation and what is logic or not logic.
Through-out my teaching with  pre-school children. I have personally watch how children eyes have lighten up through-out the years over many fairy-tale stories.Children begin to think symbolically and learn to use words and pictures to represent objects. They also tend to be very egocentric, and see things only from their point of view.

Preoperational Stage:

"During this stage, young children are able to think about things symbolically. Their language use becomes more mature. They also develop memory and imagination, which allows them to understand the difference between past and future, and engage in make-believe.

But their thinking is based on intuition and still not completely logical. They cannot yet grasp more complex concepts such as cause and effect, time, and comparison."(Inhelder&Piaget,pg257, 1964)

 

Reference:

 

Berger, K. S. (2012). The developing person through childhood (6th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers

Berger, K. S. (2012). The developing person through childhood (6th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers: Inhelder, Barbel, & Piaget, Jean, (1964) The early growth of logic in the child.