Schema Of Practitioners And Children With Schemas

this assignment is to introduce and familiarise schemas to practitioners and parents in the early years. Practice guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage makes clear the vital link between schemas and child development and states practitioners should inspire young children as they explore certain patterns of thought or movement , occasionally referred to as schemas ( Louis, S practice guidance for the EYFS,2008 as cited by nursery world ,2011, www.nurseryworld.co.uk.,oct 2014) This assignment is going to show research into certain questions about schemas which will familiarise parents and practitioners making them more knowledgeable about certain aspects of schemas. This research is going to be carried out by using†¦show more content†¦The Coordination’s lead to a high level and a more dominant schema (Athey, 1990). Piaget (1962 citied by nursery world, 2011, www.nurseryworld.co.uk, Oct 14) described schemas as ‘cognitive structures’ in wh ich he understood that children learn through repetition and by repeating again and again they extended the ability to gather and remember information in which they developed knowledge understanding of simple concepts and the world around them. Children may display these patterns in whichever toy or resource they use, they tend to learn best if they are interested in what they are playing with and how they play needs to make sense to them. Not all children are observed to be in a particular schema, some children display more than one schema at a time. There also maybe times when a child’s schema is visible and other times when it is not. The most common schemas which are observed in children are: †¢ Trajectory – moving in or representing straight lines, arches or curves or the movement of objects through the air. †¢ Connecting and disconnecting – connecting themselves to objects and objects to each other and disconnecting, like using sellotape and tying things to each other. †¢ Enclosure – enclosing oneself, an object or space by enclosing themselves with bricks around them. †¢ Enveloping – enveloping or covering oneself, an object or