The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality. Jean Piaget More Quotes by Jean Piaget More Quotes From Jean Piaget When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself. Jean Piaget educationalinspirationalchildren 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 educationmotivationalinspirational Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life. Jean Piaget childhoodchildrenhands Play is the work of childhood. Jean Piaget childhoodplay Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of discovery from the preschool age on, throughout life? Jean Piaget creativediscoverychildren Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration Jean Piaget playlongchildren The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men who are creative, inventive, and discovers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered. Jean Piaget creativityeducationscience Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves. Jean Piaget realteachingchildren Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and no one else, education means making creators. . . . You have to make inventors, innovators...not conformists Jean Piaget meanchildrenpeople Play is the answer to how anything new comes about. Jean Piaget educationalplayinspirational Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered. Jean Piaget creatingteachingmean Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do. Jean Piaget distance-lovelong-distance-relationshiplearning Experience precedes understanding. Jean Piaget understanding What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see. Jean Piaget codependentknows How can we, with our adult minds, know what will be interesting? If you follow the child...you can find out something new. Jean Piaget mindchildreninteresting What is desired is that the teacher ceased being a lecturer, satisfied with transmitting ready-made solutions. His role should rather be that of a mentor stimulating initiative and research. Jean Piaget mentorrolesteacher Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely. Jean Piaget teachunderstandingchildren Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Jean Piaget violentsavingour-society Everytime we teach a child something, we prevent him from inventing it Jean Piaget inventingteachchildren True interest appears when the self identifies itself with ideas or objects, when it finds in them a means of expression and they become a necessary form of fuel for its activity. Jean Piaget expressionselfmean
