Talk:Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

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Authorship

I would like to add a note that as of now, this article has been written almost entirely by Andreas P. Demetriou (AndreasPDemetriou (talk · contribs)), with only minimal contributions from other editors. Since the article contains an extensive description of Demetriou's theory, along with a certain amount of advocacy for it, this is something that readers ought to be aware of. Looie496 (talk) 16:53, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, this is not accurate. The article was written to be objective and fair for all theories. In fact, when it was written it was sent to all theorists mentioned but Robbie Case, who is not alive. The theorists were invited to check if their theory is well represented. It was also suggested that they can modify as they wish. I understand that Kurt Fisher did so for his theory and connected the entry with his name. Juan Pascual-Leone and Grame Halford indicated that they have nothing to add. Moreover, this entry is based on work that is fully representative of the current status of the theories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.7.1.196 (talk) 06:05, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

The comment was written by Andreas Demetriou

I agree that the authorship does seem to be a concern. I feel like Demetriou's theory is the majority of the article and that is concerning because it is all written by him. I believe that someone else needs to write this section in order for it to be unbiased. Then Demetriou can look over and make sure that his theory is presented correctly. Sierra827 (talk) 01:53, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Call for a newer and simpler wikipedia page on these topics.

The periods of brain development when a child is young is senstive to stimulation that can result in optimal brain development. This wikipedia page and the one titled Sensitive Periods is all I can find on this important subject. Senstive Periods is out of date and this page is overley complicated, difficult to follow and hopefully out of date as well.

If you are capable of writing a new wikipedia page on this subject please do. You would be helping potentially hundreds of thousands of people raise cogntiviely more capable childern. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.64.72.249 (talk) 17:39, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

This page is not out of date as a description of the theories as such, with the exception probably of the theory of Andreas Demetriou, which has been extensively modified in the recent years. However, the theories, some more than others, may be out of date as descriptions of cognitive development. Thus, the entry needs revisions in concern to Demetriou's theory to bring it up to data. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.7.1.196 (talk) 06:19, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

The comment was written by Andreas Demetriou — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.7.1.196 (talk) 13:02, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Suggestions for cleanup

Here are some suggestions for how this article could be improved:

1. Edit it further for brevity.
2. Change the citation style to endnotes that contain Harvard citation templates that link to full citation templates contained in a separate bibliography section that is subdivided by theory (Pascual-Leone, Case, Halford, Fischer, etc.). (For an example of such a citation structure, see the article on coherence therapy, where the endnotes contain Harvard citation templates that link to full citation templates contained in a separate References section that is subdivided into Psychotherapy literature and Neuroscience literature subsections.) This would be an ideal structure for this article because it would provide a clean, well structured bibliography that readers could use to learn more about each of these theories, thus serving the function of Wikipedia that Lorcan Dempsey has called "an addressable knowledge base".
3. Make sure that all claims within the article are supported by relevant citations that ensure text–source integrity, including secondary sources that ensure that each section meets Wikipedia's standards for notability.

Biogeographist (talk) 02:11, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Additional references to other developmental psychologists and their theories. Notably lack of references to Erickson, Kohlberg, and Kegan. Gworley3 (talk) 23:04, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

@Gworley3: If by "Erickson" you mean Erik Erikson, he is not a neo-Piagetian. Biogeographist (talk) 02:24, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Dynamic systems theory main article

EDIT: I will change the "Dynamic systems theory" main article reference from Dynamic systems theory to Dynamical systems theory#In cognitive science. Somerandomuser (talk) 14:25, 1 June 2017 (UTC)  Done: Changed link reference