CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Assimilation means a child uses a preexisting schema to understand a new situation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Assimilation – The process of taking in new information into our previously existing schema’s is known as assimilation. The process is somewhat subjective, because we tend to modify experience or information somewhat to fit in with our preexisting beliefs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adaptation is one schema that describes how people learn and understand new information. An example of how a schema would work in real life would be a child seeing a dog and learning what it is. The next time a child sees a dog, they can use their existing schema to identify it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Equilibration involves the assimilation of information to fit with an individual’s own existing mental schemas and the accommodation of information by adapting it their way of thinking.