lieved that while genetics play a large role in development, so, too, does the environment. Piaget argued the interactions children experience in the external environment play a significant role in influencing the way they think and, therefore, learn: “Noting that children actively explore the world around them, Piaget asserted that interaction with the environment and maturation gradually alter the way children think” (Weiten, 1989, 398). This leads back to the importance of accommodation which equates to the way we change existing mental processes to adapt to new experiences.
The work of Piaget was groundbreaking and controversial. He was the first to argue that children play an active role as the agent in their own development. He strongly supported the belief that physical and social influences in a child’s environment have an enormous impact on the development and learning proc
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