“As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.” GamesPracticeAdultsConcernedMarkContradictionCooperationMentalityMysticalConstraintsMarbleEgocentric Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“In certain circumstances where he experiments in new types of conduct by cooperating with his equals, the child is already an adult. There is an adult in every child and a child in every adult. ... There exist in the child certain attitudes and beliefs which intellectual development will more and more tend to eliminate: there are others which will acquire more and more importance. The later are not derived from the former but are partly antagonistic to them.” ChildrenCertainBeliefAttitudeTypeDevelopmentCircumstancesIntellectualAdultsImportanceExperimentsFormerAcquireCooperatingIntellectual Development Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“There is little mysticism without an element of transcendence, and conversely, there is no transcendence without a certain degree of egocentrism. It may be that the genesis of these experiences is to be sought in the unique situation of the very young child in relation to adults. The theory of the filial origin of the religious sense seems to us singularly convincing in this connection.” MayChildrenLittlesSeemsYoungCertainReligiousSituationTheoryDegreesElementsUniqueAdultsConnectionsRelationMysticismConvincingTranscendenceGenesisYoung ChildrenFilial Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“How can we, with our adult minds, know what will be interesting? If you follow the child...you can find out something new.” IfsKnowsMindChildrenInterestingAdultsSomething New Author:Jean Piaget
“Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and no one else, education means making creators. . . . You have to make inventors, innovators...not conformists” PeopleTryingMeanChildrenAdultsCreatorTypicalInventorInnovatorsConformist Author:Jean Piaget
