Jean Piaget

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  • “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

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  • “In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact.” -Jean Piaget

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  • “The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.” -Jean Piaget

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  • “I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother’s poor mental health.” -Jean Piaget

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  • “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

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  • “It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.” -Jean Piaget

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  • “I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother’s poor mental health.” -Jean Piaget

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