Schema

theory
 The concept was
The term schema introduced by
was introduced by British psychologist
piaget in 1926 Fredric Bartlett in
1932
Schema theory is a branch of
cognitive science concerned with
how the brain structures
knowledge.

A schema is an organized unit of

knowledge for a subject or event. It
is based on past experience and is
accessed to guide current
understanding or action.
 The Sensorimotor Stage Ages:
Birth to 2 Years
The Preoperational Stage
Ages: 2 to 7 Years
Child
development The Concrete Operational
stage Stage Ages: 7 to 11 Years
The Formal Operational Stage
Ages: 11 Years and Above
 The Sensorimotor Stage Ages: Birth to 2
Years

 First stage of child’s

mental development
which mainly
involves sensation
and motor skill such
as hear, sight, feel,
taste, move and so
on
 The Preoperational Stage Ages: 2 to 7 Years

 Child use their mental ability to

represent events and object in
various ways like using symbols,
gestures, and even
communication. Thus their logical
reasoning are not yet organized
or developed
The Concrete Operational Stage Ages: 7 to
11 Years

 Child becomes more stable, think operationally and use logical reasoning
rather than intuitive thought
The Formal
Operational  Where children become systematic and reasonable
Stage Ages: and they can not only reason of tangible object and
event but also they possess capability of reason and
11 Years and thinking in more abstract, hypothetical and idealistic
one
Above
 There are two main types of schema that have since
been termed by theorists (Cook 1997). The first
is formal schema and is based on the background
knowledge of the structure of any given text. The
second is content schema and relates to the
background knowledge of the content area. We can
see then that all schemata relates to background
knowledge of some kind.