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Mind Map by Jesmin Morton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jesmin Morton
over 9 years ago
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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
- is
- based on the central idea that
children are active and
motivated learners
- meaning
- Children will experiment with
objects and are naturally
curious about their world
- For example
- We often observe children playing with
their food, squishing it and throwing it
around
- Parents and educators will observe
children, at some point, placing non-edible
items into their mouths
- because
- Children are naturally
curious and experimental
- Children are naturally
curious and experimental
- because
- We often observe children playing with
their food, squishing it and throwing it
around
- For example
- Children will, "actively seek out information that
can help them understand", their world. (McDevitt,
Ormrod, Cupit, Chandler & Aloa, 2013, pp 205).
- Children will experiment with
objects and are naturally
curious about their world
- meaning
- understanding that children
organise what they learn into
schemes
- which
- are "an organised group of actions or thoughts (derived
from actions) that are used repeatedly in
understanding and responding to the environment".
(McDevitt et al., 2013, pp 205).
- initially begin as behavioural
or instinctual nature
- but eventually
- are transformed from
acts into abstract
thoughts
- are transformed from
acts into abstract
thoughts
- but eventually
- are "an organised group of actions or thoughts (derived
from actions) that are used repeatedly in
understanding and responding to the environment".
(McDevitt et al., 2013, pp 205).
- which
- being aware that children adapt
to their environments
- through
- the process of assimilation
- in which
- children respond to a new object (or
event) "in a way that is consistent with
an existing scheme". (McDevitt et al.,
2013, pp 206).
- for example
- a child sees a zebra for the first
time and calls it a horse
- a child sees a zebra for the first
time and calls it a horse
- for example
- children respond to a new object (or
event) "in a way that is consistent with
an existing scheme". (McDevitt et al.,
2013, pp 206).
- in which
- the process of accomodation
- which entails
- children being able to adjust
the assimilated scheme
- to either
- modify an
existing scheme
- for example
- when a child accommodates
information, they takes into account
the differences between a zebra and a
horse
- leading to
- their original assumption of
what a horse is to be modified to
include zebras in some category
- their original assumption of
what a horse is to be modified to
include zebras in some category
- leading to
- when a child accommodates
information, they takes into account
the differences between a zebra and a
horse
- for example
- form a new scheme to
deal with the situation
- modify an
existing scheme
- to either
- children being able to adjust
the assimilated scheme
- which entails
- the process of assimilation
- through
- based on the central idea that
children are active and
motivated learners
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