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Research about the cognitive development of children constitutes a central area of educational theory. It is apparently quite distinct from the more obviously normative areas discussed over the previous two chapters, being concerned with the limitations and capacities of children of various ages, within the confines of which the educational enterprise must be carried on, rather than with the general aims of that enterprise.
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Watt, J. (1989). Piaget and the Study of Child Development. In: Individualism and Educational Theory. Philosophy and Education, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2460-4_7
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