Jean Piaget Society News

Advanced Course of the Archives Jean Piaget (30 June – 2 July)

The Advanced courses of the Archives Jean Piaget are biannual conferences allowing the best specialists of a domain to join around a topic that has a particular relevance for Jean Piaget’s theory. The Advanced courses are dedicated to students, researchers and scholars interested in Piaget’s work and theory. Though being primarily centered on developmental and cognitive psychology, the advanced course can also be of interest for a larger audience interested in child development, education, epistemology and cognitive science. [more...]

Obituary: Gerard Duveen (1951 – 2008)

Gerard was a leading figure in social psychology who made major contributions to our understanding of cultural knowledge – social representations - and the role of such knowledge in the development of personal identity. [more...]

Obituary: Vinh Bang (1922 – 2008)

Prof. Vinh Bang was involved in the International Center for Genetic Epistemology — as a permanent collaborateur — from its very foundation until its dissolution with the death of its founder, Jean Piaget. [more...]

JPS announces the Pufall Student Travel Awards

Students can apply for a travel award to attend our annual meeting!

On-Line Manuscript

At the turn of the millennium, TIME magazine named Jean Piaget one of the "greatest minds of the 20th century". For authors Trevor Bond (Hong Kong Institute of Education) and Anastasia Tryphon (University of Geneva) this marked an important moment to reconsider Piaget's current and future place in the field of child psychology.

In this paper, they undertake a systematic review of a touchstone tome in the field—the fifth edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology. In their analysis of the citation patterns within the Handbook, Bond & Tryphon argue that selective citation of a subset of Piaget's writings draws attention away from his own explicitly epistemological perspective.

Download the article:
Bond, T. & Tryphon, A. (2007). Piaget's legacy as reflected in The Handbook of Child Psychology (1998 Edition). [pdf]

New Book Series!

In collaboration with Laurence Erlbaum Associates (LEA), we recently inaugurated a new book series. [more...]

Obituary: Harry Beilin (1922 – 2006)

Harry Beilin, winner of a Jean Piaget Lifetime Achievement Award passed away on January 11, 2007. [more...]

Obituary: Irving E. Sigel (1922 – 2006)

Irving E. Sigel (1922-2006) a pioneer in the study of children’s intellectual development, died Sunday February 26th, 2006 in Princeton, N.J. [more...]

Obituary: Terry Brown (1939 – 2005)

On July 11, 2005 Terry Brown, a remarkable Piagetian scholar, a former JPS President, and a close personal friend to many Society members, was tragically killed in an auto accident. [more...]

Obituary: Gerald Noelting (1921 – 2004)

Professor Noelting spent 12 years working with Piaget and Inhelder in Geneva before moving to Canada to take a post at the Université Laval [more...]

Volume 31 in The Jean Piaget Series

The latest volume in the Jean Piaget series has just been published. See the Series Page for more information.

Each year, following our annual meeting, the Jean Piaget Society publishes an edited volume. This approximately 300-page volume covers the main themes of the symposium and is published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Members of the society receive the volume free of charge. (The price of the volume if not received through the Jean Piaget Society will be approximately US$75.)

Sneak Preview of the next
Special Issue of Cognitive Development

THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE

Patricia M. Greenfield and Terezinha Nunes, Editors

GE Special Issue: A tribute to Mimi Sinclair
A collection of remembrances in honor of the late Hermina Sinclair De-Zwart.

New Piaget books
STUDIES IN REFLECTING ABSTRACTION -- Jean Piaget
Edited and translated by Robert L. Campbell (Clemson University, USA)

WORKING WITH PIAGET: Essays in Honour of Bärbel Inhelder
Edited and translated by Anastasia Tryphon, Jacques Vonèche (Jean Piaget Archives, Geneva, Switzerland)
A review of the book by Les Smith

Suggested Readings for Students
  A short list of readings to introduce students to Piaget's theories