CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In child development, examples of assimilation might include an infant learning sensorimotor skills. As the child learns new ways to move and pick up objects, they incorporate this knowledge into their current worldview. Another example is a child learning math in school.

Detailed explanation-2: -Accommodation. a change in existing ways of thinking, understanding or behaving in response to encounters with new stimuli. Ex. child will call a flying squirrel a “bird with a tail” maybe, accommodating new knowledge to their scheme of a flying animal or bird.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overregularization – Applying regular grammatical changes to irregular words. For example, using tooths instead of teeth.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Piaget, the learning process involves the following: Assimilation: Attempting to interpret new information within the framework of existing knowledge. Accommodation: Making small changes to that knowledge in order to cope with things that don’t fit those existing frameworks.