Reflection Paper - Basic Cognitive Concepts

Leonardo Z. Camboja Jr.                                                                     Ed-123B Facilitating Learning

BEE-2                                                                                                   Olga Alonsabe, Ph.D.

July 9, 2012                                                                                         MWF – 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Reflection Paper No. 6 Basic Cognitive Concepts

          We are reviewing the Piaget’s Cognitive Development which we are discussing the Basic Cognitive Concepts: First is SCHEMA, Schema is a cognitive structures by which individual intellectually adapt to and organize their environment; meaning this is the period of the children were they gather information based on their own observation through their sight & hearing. A child takes information from their surroundings base of their ability to determine objects which they can identify and figured out. 2^nd is Assimilation, which means process of fitting a new experiences into an existing or previously created cognitive structure or schema; meaning what they saw it might compared to smaller one is also a dog. 3^rd is Accommodation, which means process of creating new schema; meaning the thinking level of the child increased because he/she can identify objects that has same structure. Last is Equilibrium, which means achieving proper balance between assimilation and accommodation; meaning the cognitive learning of the child based on the objects and experiences should be properly handled their learning process.

          Base of our discussion, I realize that the big role of the mother is essential in nurturing the child because we are building blocks of learning at the early ages which led them to be a better person.

          In my part as a future teacher, I will teach them the good values and show them as an example because this is a crucial stage for their development.  Like the stage theorists who came before them, Jean Piaget – and, as a result, Lawrence Kohlberg – believed that each stage of development must be completed before an individual could move on to the next. In other words, children can’t skip the cognitive lessons learned in toddlerhood or preschool; they need to pass through those stages before they can enter each successive cognitive state.