CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Assimilation: Attempting to interpret new information within the framework of existing knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Assimilation describes how we interpret new experiences in terms of our current understanding, so in terms of our current schemas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assimilation – The process of taking in new information into our previously existing schema’s is known as assimilation. The process is somewhat subjective, because we tend to modify experience or information somewhat to fit in with our preexisting beliefs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Assimilation of knowledge occurs when a learner encounters a new idea, and must ‘fit’ that idea into what they already know. Think of this as filling existing containers. Accommodation of knowledge is more substantial, requiring the learner to reshape those containers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget defined assimilation as the cognitive process of fitting new information into existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding. Overall beliefs and understanding of the world do not change as a result of the new information.