Jean Piaget's Life

By bgoncz1

  • Birthday

    Jean Piaget was born on August 9, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

  • Marriage

    Jean Piaget married his wife Valentine Chatenay in 1923.

  • Director of the International Bureau of Education

    In 1929, Jean Piaget accepted the post of Director of the International Bureau of Education and remained the head of this international organization until 1968.

  • Intellectual Structures Defined

    In 1953, Piaget described three kinds of intellectual structures: behavioural (or sensorimotor) schemata, symbolic schemata, and operational schemata.

  • Chief Consultant

    In 1964, Piaget was invited to serve as chief consultant at two conferences at Cornell University (March 11–13) and University of California, Berkeley (March 16–18).

  • Balzan Prize

    In 1979, Jean Piaget was awarded the Balzan Prize for Social and Political Sciences.

  • Died

    Jean Piaget died on the 16th of September in 1980 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was 84 years old.