CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Piaget, children are born with a very basic mental structure (genetically inherited and evolved) on which all subsequent learning and knowledge are based. Schemas are the basic building blocks of such cognitive models, and enable us to form a mental representation of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget included the idea of a schema into his theory of cognitive development. A schema is a category of knowledge, or mental template, that a child develops to understand the world. It is a product of the child’s experiences. For example, a child can develop a schema of a dog.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process of accommodation, according to Piaget’s theory, involves altering one’s existing ideas (schemas) about how the world operates in response to new information and experiences. This process of accommodation is universal, applying to children as well as adults.

Detailed explanation-4: -Assimilation, Accommodation, & Equilibrium Overall, these processes are known as adaptation, which is another way to describe using the most sophisticated cognitive tools available to keep schemas up to date. Adaptation involves two complementary sub-processes: assimilation and accommodation (Scott & Cogburn, 2021).