CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -cognitive equilibrium, a state of balance between individuals’ mental schemata, or frameworks, and their environment. Such balance occurs when their expectations, based on prior knowledge, fit with new knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Equilibrium is a state of mental balance, when a child is able to use existing schemas to explain what they understand. It is an adaptation process used to progress from one stage of cognitive development to another. Share by Email.

Detailed explanation-3: -When a child’s experience matches what they understand they are in a state of equilibrium. If they come across a new situation or task that they do not understand, Piaget called this disequilibrium.

Detailed explanation-4: -Piaget developed the concept of equilibration to describe how new information is balanced with existing knowledge. It involves the processes of assimilation (fitting new information into existing mental schemas) and accommodation (adjusting or changing a schema to fit new information).

Detailed explanation-5: -Disequilibrium, then, refers to our inability to fit new information into our schema. When you come across information or experiences that do not fit into your current knowledge base, this is where disequilibrium begins.