TOPIC: Neuroplasticity – previous and present theoretical understandings of cognitive development for teaching and learning in SA schools [Total: 100 marks] According to Merzenich (cited in Donald, Lazarus and Moolla, 2014:83), “Neuroplasticity theory has several implications for understanding the cognitive development of children”. Write an essay in which you discuss the basic principles of Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories of cognitive development. Critically assess the issue […]