genetic epistemology

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was the name Jean Piaget gave to his research programme in cognitive development

"…Piaget's research programme was one of genetic epistemology (finding the common cognitive development sequence that each individual person would be expected to pass through)…" (Taber, 2020)

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.