CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITIVE THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Margaret Donaldson, which one isn’t one of the modes of thinking?
A
point mode
B
transcendent mode
C
line mode
D
intellectual mode
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Donaldson showed that children make sense of their experience and the behaviour of others by being able to interpret social situations, developing reflective awareness by using what they already know and can do. This has become a fundamental principle of early years pedagogy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

Detailed explanation-3: -Margaret Donaldson is a constructivist. She believes that children make mistakes due to not responding to what they had been asked but because they were trying to understand the meaning of the activity. She suggested that children seek to make ‘human’ sense of situations.

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