Jean Piaget
1896 - 1980

"Whatever we teach a child keeps him from inventing or discovering it for himself."

Born on August 9, 1896 in Neuchâtel, Jean Piaget was, at the same time, a child psychologist and pedagogue, theoretician on the subject of cognition and biologist.

Awarded over 30 honorary doctorates worldwide and the only Swiss professor to have taught at the Sorbonne (1952-1963), his international renown is due to his research on the cognitive development of the child.

However, he was also to become famous for his work on the theory of knowledge, better known as genetic epistemology.

And Geneva?

Having studied in Paris, he moved to Geneva in 1921 to take on the position of head of studies at the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute.

In 1929, he began teaching the history of scientific thought at Geneva University, all in becoming co-principal of the Rousseau Institute and director of the International Bureau of Education.

His avid interest in learning more about the theory of cognitivity prompted him to found, in 1955, the International Center of Genetic Epistemology with the goal of increasing knowledge of the history of scientific thought as well as child development.

To see:

• Bust of Jean Piaget, Parc des Bastions
• Archives Jean Piaget, Uni-Mail, bd du Pont-d’Arve 40
• Piaget Auditorium, Uni-Dufour, rue Général-Dufour 24
• Ecole de Culture Générale Jean-Piaget, ch. de Grange-Falquet 17

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