CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The primary function of speech at this age is to externalize thinking, rather than for communication. Children may talk in a stream of consciousness and develop more sophisticated language skills as they move through this stage. Piaget believed that children remain egocentric throughout the preoperational stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -The preoperational stage occurs from 2 to 6 years of age, and is the secondstage in Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. Throughout most of the preoperational stage, a child’s thinking isself-centered, or egocentric.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are various aspects of cognitive egocentricity as the child moves along the Piagetian cognitive continuum through four developmental sequences; sensory motor (birth-2 + years); preoperational (2-7 + years); concrete operational (7-11 + years); and formal operational (11-15 + years).

Detailed explanation-4: -• Formal operational stage (11 years and older) They begin to refine language and understand symbolic concepts and make up their own games. Piaget’s theory is that at this stage children are so engrossed in egocentric thoughts that they believe their view of the world is shared by everyone else.