CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Adaptation involves two sub‐processes: assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the application of previous concepts to new concepts. An example is the child who refers to a whale as a “fish.” Accommodation is the altering of previous concepts in the face of new information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget believed that there are two basic ways that we can adapt to new experiences and information: assimilation and accommodation.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. You can think of these containers as ‘schema.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adaptation Through Assimilation In assimilation, people take in information from the outside world and convert it to fit in with their existing ideas and concepts. New information can sometimes be readily assimilated into an existing schema.