Stuck with my NVQ....Piaget

[katymac]

I have to give an example of assimilation and accommodation which has occurred in my setting.....I understand the concepts just - but I can't think of an example that could have happened....can anyone help?

whats your setting?

Childminding with children from 4 months up to 3.5 yrs

What unit is that Katy?

C10 - Promote children's sensory and intellectual development

sorry didnt notice you !!

ill have little think

Thanks beansontoast-I've been trying to work it into mealtime - but just getting confused

Oh I'm doing that one at the minute too but haven't come across those words in it. CAT me if you need any other help I've nearly finished it. How about when a child has learnt the concept of numbers and counting and then correctly ststematically counts their own fingers and other random objects. Is that assimilation??

Yes I think so - that's a good one and it goes very well with my observation/planning for that bit

But accommodation?

If you take photos of the children and then show them to the children the children have to accomodate the knowledge that the picture is of them whilst understanding that they cannot in reality exist in two places. Maybe??

Maybe - I don't get that one as easily - maybe with a mirror and a baby discovering that it isn't a different child - but I'm not sure that's actually it?

umm..all learning involves assimilaton and accomodation asccording to piaget so technically you could choiose anything atall..easy huh?

its hard to break it down once you are asked to though ..

umm sooo ..

say you have a two yr old learning his colours...his favourite toys are the bricks...about which he knows that they stack and are hard and possibly that you are not allowed to throw them?....

then he notices that they are red...

his noticing of this feature difference is the assimilation
into his existing knowledge of a new feature of bricks...

then across time he notices that toy cars can be red too..more assimilation

the accommodation occurs when he creates a new category/file /schema in his head that is 'red' on its own...not attched to his schema for cars or bricks

im going to preview this and hope it makes sense

that took me ages, and im still not sure its clear or evena bit helpful?
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20 mins

oh thats a good one beany

i hope katymac get it..
im being bullied off the computer now so cant even explain myself if its not clear...whens it due in?

night x

gets it!

It's due 9 montha ago and I think I'm starting to get it a little bit

is this right??

Assimilation

Attempts to explain new experiences using existing schema

In my setting this could be explained by J (3y) counting bricks, 1,2,3. Then going over to some plastic cars and counting 1,2,3.

Accommodation

Modifies existing schema to explain puzzling new experiences.
In the instance it could be explained by J (3y) counting brick 1,2,3,4. Then going over to counting the cars 1,2,3 then saying ?There?s no number 4?