SWISS CHALET versus AFRICAN VILLAGE Piaget's epistemological based cognitive trheory seems to fit well conceptually.However, he failed to take into account the environmental context. In African villages where most children are carried on the mothers back,sensori-motor aspects of assimilation and accommodation may be of minimun import.And his pre-operational lack of conservation may not be applicable-African children who experiment with all shapes and sizes of clay and mud may not be easily fooled in thinking that just because objects change in shape that the uantity has changed.
Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
