Piaget and Vygotsky

Piaget and Vygotsky are two theorists who had terrific views on children and education. Vygotsky believed that children learned from the atmosphere around them. He also believed that children can learn if teachers know their zone of proximal development. Piaget believed that children go through four stages of cognitive development. I must say that Vygotsky and Piaget were right on the mark. Children learn from what they see and what is introduced to them. As teachers, we have to find different methods to educate children. Vygotsky does not discuss the stages of devlopment as Piaget, but they both believed in the education of children.