Question

State the chief assumptions of the contextual perspective. Needs to be about 80 words if possible and is in reference to the book ' A child's world through adolescence 13th edition'

Answer 1

The chief assumptions of the contextual perspective are as following:

1. Brain and body interdependence: - in this assumption, children or students are encouraged to understand​the mutual relationship and working of body and brain to explain the basic events happening around them.

2. Guidance from more advanced (elderly grown up person) individuals: - in this assumption a grown up mature adult helps a child or student in learning and clearing his/her doubts.

3. Collaborative co-construction of meaning: - in this assumption, students are divided in small groups and are encouraged to discuss and find a probable solution. There is no wrong or right interpretation of their answers and logics.

4. Situated nature of learning and cognition: - Children or students are made to use their existing and newly learnt knowledge to understand the problems and completing given tasks.

5. Distributed nature of cognition and learning: - In this method, they are provided all the sources and required tools to solve the given problem. They are encouraged to work in groups and discuss the problem among themselves.