During the earliest stages of thought, accommodation remains on the surface of physical as well as social experience.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Early thought processes only engage with the surface level of experiences. Accommodation does not yet reach deeper physical or social understandings.
- In plain terms
- Early thinking only grasps the surface of physical and social experiences.
- What can you take from it?
- Deep understanding of experience develops after initial surface learning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we know if a child understands deeply?
- Is surface learning enough?
Another view
It implies a rigid hierarchy of knowledge stages that might not be linear.
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