CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Piaget believed that cognitive development did not progress at a steady rate, but rather in leaps and bounds. Equilibration is the force which drives the learning process as we do not like to be frustrated and will seek to restore balance by mastering the new challenge (accommodation).

Detailed explanation-2: -Jean Piaget. 1896-1980. Piaget believed that the driving force behind cognitive development is our biological development (maturation) Cognitive Development. As we get older we enter into new cognitive stages.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Piaget, development is driven by the process of equilibration. Equilibration encompasses assimilation (i.e., people transform incoming information so that it fits within their existing thinking) and accommodation (i.e, people adapt their thinking to incoming information).

Detailed explanation-4: -Piaget’s theory has some shortcomings, including overestimating the ability of adolescence and underestimating infant’s capacity. Piaget also neglected cultural and social interaction factors in the development of children’s cognition and thinking ability.