Psychology

The current sate of human development could become possible only due to the relentless exploration on systematic education by some dedicated researchers who devoted their lives in underpinning the nuances that are associated with cognitive and social development, besides finding ways and means to systematically exploit them towards all-round human development. This study thus locates three articles on the educational implications of the findings of three such researchers, viz., Piaget, Vygostky and Erickson, who would be remembered as the prolific propagators of human development through systematic education.

The first article is taken from the website,  HYPERLINK httpwww.learningandteaching.info www.learningandteaching.info, where its writer Atherton (2009) deals mostly about post-16 learning and teaching, and considers Piagets ideas of assimilation and accommodation as the most interesting aspect of Piagets work. brief about Piaget from an unbiased angle, where it recognizes Piagets
The second article is a concerted effort by a host of researchers (Ageyev et al., 2003) who took a deep look to Vygotskys educational theory in cultural context, covering its concepts, paradigms, and development and learning, besides weighing the application of sociocultural theory in the classroom.
Kendra Cherry, who recognizes Eriksons Theory of Psychosocial Development as one of the best-known themes of personality and development, presents the third article.

Piagets Theory Highlighting the Significance of Accommodating Developmental Stages of Human Cognitive Abilities

Atherton (2009) divides his article into two main sections along with a brief introduction about Piaget (1896-1980), mentioning about Piagets shift from the research of mollusks to the study of the development of childrens understanding, and how he arrived at the conclusion that childrens thinking does not develop in an easygoing manner and instead it has several transitional phases that occur after intervals like 18 months, seven years, and 11-12 years. Such findings highlighted the fact that there is a need to add elements in school curriculum that would be helpful to enhance childrens understanding during those transitional phases. In the process Atherton presents Piagets Key ideas and stages of cognitive development in two clear sections to show how Piagets cognitive constructivism crystallized, where he tried to encompass humans cognitive developments from the first two years of birth to 11 years and up. However, Atherton also mentions about the latest developments in this field and provides a scope to view Howard Gardners re-evaluation of Piaget.

Vygotsky Scientific Approach to Convert Education a Potent Tool for All-round Human Development
A host of researchers contributed to 20 sections of the article named, Vygotskys educational theory in cultural context (Ageyev et al., 2003) tried to cover all possible dimensions of Vygotskys Sociocultural theory and education, where it explains the elements associated with Vygotskys theory, and underpins its salient features that have immense bearing on education as well as in classroom settings. The article is divided into three parts, where the first part covers concepts and paradigms, under which it deals with tools and mediated learning, the zones of proximal development according to Vygotsky, his doctrine of scientific concepts, etc., and in the part two, it deals with development and learning processes under the light of Vygotsky, before coming into part three that deals with the application of sociocultual theory in classroom setting.

Eriksons Theory Phases of Conflict could be the Key in Formulating Education Strategy
Kendra (2010) briefly described how Erikson underpinned how conflict act as turning point in each stage of human development and how such finding serves as a guiding light to find ways and means to exploit the impact of social experience towards building a balanced personality. Kendra touches down the central tenet of Eriksons psychosocial theory, i.e., ego identity, before moving on to describe the psychosocial stages, such as the stage of Trust vs. Mistrust or Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. Confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation and Integrity vs. Despair, where each stage holds several elements that are directly associated with educational processes, and between which the phase of formal education is totally covered, thereby showing the significance of Eriksons theory in sharpening the educational curriculum. The article is laced with several links that offer more detailed account of the possible implication of Eriksons theory in the field of education.

Conclusion
The above three articles provide important insight on how education could be systematized by covering three major dimensions of human development that are associated with cognition, identification of external situation and social awareness.