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Mickey Mouse: “Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.”
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In Focus
Jean Piaget
(1896 - 1980)
He was a Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher, known for his epistemological studies with children.
His 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 that “only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual.”
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.”
However, his ideas did not become widely popularized until the 1960s. This then led to the emergence of the study of development as a major sub-discipline in psychology.
Testing knowledge1) When did Pakistan become a Republic?
a) 14/8/1947
b) 23/3/1956
c) 16/12/1971
d) 12/10/1999
2) What was the major event of 1971?
a) Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan
b) Explosion of nuclear bomb
c) Tashkent Agreement
d) Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister
3) When did Pakistan win Olympic gold medal in Hockey for the first time?
a) 1948
b) 1952
c) 1960
d) 1964
4) How many times did squash player Jansher Khan win World Open?
a) Eight
b) Seven
c) Six
d) Five
5) Which military alliance had Pakistan as its member?
a) NATO
b) SEATO
c) CENTO
d) Warsaw Pact
6) Who designed Pakistan’s national flag?
a) Fatima Jinnah
b) Ameer-ud-din Khidwai
c) Wali Khan
d) Tikka Khan
7) Which Indian Cardinal was from Karachi?
a) Ivan Dias
b) Simon Pimenta
c) Anthony Padiyara
d) Valerian Gracias
Compiled by Maria Shiraziin focus
Answers
1 B
2 A
3 C
4 A
5 B
6 B
7 D
Quote of the week
Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.
Pablo Picasso