CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Schemas: Piaget called the schema the basic building block of intelligent behavior, a way of organizing knowledge. A schema can be defined as a set of linked mental representations of the world, which we use both to understand and to respond to situations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget suggested that we understand the world around us by using schemas. A schema is a pattern of learning, linking perceptions, ideas and actions to make sense of the world. Piaget described it simply as the “way we see the world”.

Detailed explanation-3: -This Piaget called assimilation: The baby assimilates a new object into an old schema.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -By cognitive structure, Piaget meant patterns of physical/mental action underlying acts of intelligence. He also called these structures cognitive schema.