Saturday, April 6, 2013

Cognitive Development

Bruner about Cognitive Development 

Six things that compiler development theory.
1. Intelectual development characterized by increased various response to stimulus.
2. Growth depends of intelectual development and information processing system which can image reality.
3. Intelectual development needs capacity building.
4. Interaction between teacher and student is important for cognitive development.
5. Language is a key for cognitive development.
6. The increasing ability to simultaneously completing a variety of alternative.

Stages of Development
Child behavior is basic understanding of cognitive development characteristic. by bruner, there are three stages og developments:
1. Enactive stage
2. Econic stage
3. Symbolic stage
People's cognitive development envolve from enactive  stage to econic stage and finally to symbolic stage. 

Implications of Cognitive Development for Learning
Some implications derived from findings on cognitive development:
1. Children have way of thinking - different thinking with adult.
2. Children will study well if they manipulated objects studied.
3. New experience which interacts with structure cognitive can attract and develop children's understanding.

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