page_title: Jean Piaget
section_title: Influence
hierarchical_section_title: Jean Piaget / Influence
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait de groupe avec Pierre Bovet (1878-1965) (au premier plan à gauche, avec une grande barbe) et Jean Piaget (1896-1980) (au premier plan à droite, avec les lunettes), devant la porte de l’Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau à Genève en 1925. Español: Retrato grupal donde aparecen Pierre Bovet (1878-1965) (en primer plano a la izquierda, con una profusa barba) y Jean Piaget (1896-1980) (en primer plano a la derecha, llevando gafas), frente a la puerta del Instituto Jean-Jacques Rousseau de la Universidad de Ginebra en 1925. English: Photo of the Jean Piaget Foundation with Pierre Bovet (1878–1965) first row (with large beard) and Jean Piaget (1896–1980) first row (on the right, with glasses) in front of the Institute Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Geneva), 1925.
context_page_description: Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology".
  Piaget placed great importance on the education of children. As the Director of the International Bureau of Education, he declared in 1934 that "only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual." His theory of child development is studied in pre-service education programs. Educators continue to incorporate constructivist-based strategies.
  Piaget created the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva in 1955 while on the faculty of the University of Geneva and directed the Center until his death in 1980. The number of collaborations that its founding made possible, and their impact, ultimately led to the Center being referred to in the scholarly literature as "Piaget's factory".
  According to Ernst von Glasersfeld, Jean Piaget was "the great pioneer of the constructivist theory of knowing." However, his ideas did not become widely popularized until the 1960s.
context_section_description: Despite his ceasing to be a fashionable psychologist, the magnitude of Piaget's continuing influence can be measured by the global scale and activity of the Jean Piaget Society, which holds annual conferences and attracts around 700 participants. His theory of cognitive development has proved influential in many different areas:
  Developmental psychology
  Education and Morality
  Historical studies of thought and cognition
  Evolution
  Philosophy
  Primatology
  Artificial intelligence (AI)
caption: Photo of the Jean Piaget Foundation with Pierre Bovet (1878–1965) first row (with large beard) and Jean Piaget (1896–1980) first row (on the right, with glasses) in front of the Rousseau Institute (Geneva), 1925
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