Jean Piaget Biography

Jean Piaget biography

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NAME: Jean Piaget
OCCUPATION: Educator, Psychologist
BIRTH DATE: August 09, 1896
DEATH DATE: September 16, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH: Neuchatel, Switzerland

PLACE OF DEATH: Geneva, Switzerland

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Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologists who was the first to systematically study how children learn.

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Jean Piaget, born in 1896, was a Swiss psychologist and the first to systematically study how children learn. He was a leader in 20th-century developmental psychology, testing school children's ability to comprehend and manipulate their world. He established developmental phases, otherwise known as a genetically determined timetable, for every child's mental, emotional, and psychological growth.