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Ril, Rochelle R.
Facilitating Learning
1. Search for the key concepts associated with paigets?
JEAN PIAGET -Cognitive Developmental Theory
-Cognitive development involves changes in cognitive process and abilities.
n !iaget"s view# early cognitive development involves processes based $pon
actions and later progresses into changes in mental operations.
KE C!NCEPT"
"chema#- describes both the mental and physical actions involved in
$nderstanding and knowing. Schemas are categories of knowledge that help $s to
interpret and $nderstand the world. t incl$des both a category of knowledge andthe process of obtaining that knowledge. %s e&periences happen# this new
information is $sed to modify# add to# or change previo$sly e&isting schemas.
'&le( % child may have a schema abo$t a type of animal# s$ch as a dog. f the
child"s sole e&perience has been with small dogs# a child might believe that all
dogs are small# f$rry# and have fo$r legs. S$ppose then that the child enco$nters a
very large dog. )he child will take in this new information# modifying the previo$sly
e&isting schema to incl$de this new information.
A##imilation- )he process of taking in new information into o$r previo$sly
e&isting schema"s is known as assimilation. )he process is somewhat s$b*ective#
beca$se we tend to modify e&perience or information somewhat to +t in with o$r
pree&isting beliefs. n the e&le above# seeing a dog and labeling it ,dog, is an
e&le of assimilating the animal into the child"s dog schema.
'&le( magine a yo$ng boy raised in a home that presents a stereotyped
schema abo$t another social gro$p. hen the yo$ng man moves away to college#
he s$ddenly +nds himself s$rro$nded by people from this gro$p. )hro$gh
e&perience and real interactions with members of this gro$p# he realies that his
e&isting knowledge is completely wrong. )his leads to a dramatic change# or
accommodation# in his beliefs abo$t members of this social gro$p.
Accommo$ationdoes not *$st take place in children/ ad$lts also e&perience
this as well. hen e&periences introd$ce new information or information that
con0icts with e&isting schemas# yo$ m$st accommodate this new learning in order
to ens$re that what"s inside yo$r head conforms to what"s o$tside in the real world.
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E%&ili'ration -!iaget believed that all children try to strike a balance
between assimilation and accommodation# which is achieved thro$gh a
mechanism !iaget called e$ilibration. %s children progress thro$gh the stages of
cognitive development# it is important to maintain a balance between applying
previo$s knowledge 2assimilation3 and changing behavior to acco$nt for new
knowledge 2accommodation3. '$ilibration helps e&plain how children are able to
move from one stage of tho$ght into the ne&t.
4. 5ow will the vario$s theorist or learning help the teacher facilitate the learning
process among the st$dents?
)hro$gh this !iaget theory the teacher can adapt what the theories said. )he
teacher will $nderstand the process of Cognitive 6evelopmental of one person. )herefore
she can easily apply it in their teaching. )he teacher teach how m$ch the capacity or
ability of the st$dents to perform activities or task# by giving some activities it will retain
to the st$dents what they learn from their teacher.