However Cognitive Development Is Limited To A Limited Time Span In One's Life

However cognitive development is limited to a limited time span in one's life which falls precisely into the ZND. This theory has been very influential in the language acquisition research. As children interact and play with peers particular models of expression, explanation and communication are developed. This generated language use is regarded by many (e.g. Goodman and Goodman, 1990, Tharp and Gallimore, 1988) as the foundation for literacy.
Jerome Bruner (1973, 1999) basically agrees with this notion that cognitive development is highly related to the systtic social interaction between a child and a parent, peer or teacher. Nevertheless, Bruner's theory of cognitive development can be more linked to Piaget's theory. Bruner's postulated the idea that children evolve through different modes of represention in their intellectual development. He introduced three modes of representing understanding, namely, enactive, iconic and symbolic. The iconic representation stage involves using images, pictures or photos that encapsulate or outline action to represent knowledge while the more primitive enactive mode involves representing knowledge solely through physical actions and thus is very compatible to Piaget's sensorimotor stage. The symbolic mode, however, includes using, for example, symbolic or pretend play for representing cognitive advancement. Bruner's theories have been very influential in child play and music instructing sessions and represent a conclusive bridge between Piaget and Vygotski's theories (Atterbury and Richardson, 1995).
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