Piaget-by Blorya

In 1923, Piaget married Valentine Chatenay, and their first daughter

had 2 daughters and one son

Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland in 1896

received his doctoral degree at age 22

Piaget spent fifty years studying children.

his research on children's cognitive development

studied the intellectual development of his own three children

Piaget's theory described stages that children pass through in the development of intelligence and formal thought processes.

•Died September 16, 1980

provided support for the idea that children think differently than adults

He created the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in 1955 and served as director until his death.