Before I took this class I knew of Piaget but I did not yet have a full understanding of his cognitive development theory. My first in depth look at this theory began when I started reviewing his seminal work. Piaget was a prolific writer with over 60 literary publications and hundreds of articles with a concentration in constructing theory of structures and uniting psychological work with biological findings. In researching his theory I found that the primary focus of his theory was that a child’s mind does not only respond to stimuli, but instead, changes, grows, and adapts to all elements of the world. Thinking about all of the current educational designs and parenting advice, it appears that at least this aspect of his theory has remained intact since its original conception. When I looked through the available articles and journals I found many reoccurring terms. I identified these terms to form the foundation of his theory. Due to his rich writing, Piaget provided an abundance of terms. The underlying terms which I thought contributed to a better understanding of his theory included: Accommodation, Adaptation, and Assimilation. These three “A’s” are not too tricky to remember when seen together! I have provided these as a starting point to exploring the rich terminology available when researching Piaget’s work.
Accommodation: developing old structures into new ones under pressure from new externally given information.
Adaptation- It is the process by which infant schemes are elaborated, modified, and developed. Typically, this is thought to involve the process of assimilation and accommodation.
Assimilation: relates to new information to pre-existing structures of knowledge and understanding
Your "Jean Piaget Terms" blog gave me an oppurtuntiy to easily understand the stages of Piaget's theories. If someone with no prior knowledge of Piaget read this,they would be able to quickly grasp his ideas.
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The terminology coined by Piaget for describing sub-components of child development provide the reader with a fairly simple and understandable means of looking at his general theory of learning. Piaget's use of terms, such as assimilation, accommodation, and adaptation provide the reader with a somewhat concrete picture of how each relates to the learning process that we can all relate to.
ReplyDeleteFor the longest time I had difficulty differing between the three terms and understanding how they differ from each other. However, I really like how you laid out the terms above.
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