A Psychological Study of Cognitive Learning Through Drama and Action Using Piaget’s Process of Adaptation and Assimilation

Abstract

A great deal of psychological research has been done on Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget in the recent times. Any researcher attempting to study child growth and psychology in relation to education would never skip mentioning Piaget. Piaget proposes four stages of development in children which are cognitive in nature. These stages are sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage and formal operational stage. Though Piaget’s theory has invited a lot of criticism, one cannot reject its purpose completely. This research work is an attempt to throw light on the possibilities of improvising the learning process by including actions form such as action songs, role plays, skits and dramas which can help students learn better. This work intends to evaluate Piaget’s process of   assimilation and the possibility of creating new schema if action is involved in teaching – learning process.  Children learn, understand, and remember better by seeing a text enacted. 

Keywords: Cognitive Development, Psychological Development, Drama and Action, Assimilation process and Piaget theory.