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- Title: Neurobiology and Child Development: Challenging Current Interpretation and Policy Implications (Report)
- Author : Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 219 KB
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ONTOGENIC KNOWLEDGE is the form of knowledge we use to take in information, interpret it and develop action as a result of our understanding (Billett, 1996). In other words, our ontogenic knowledge shapes our interpretation and action in the world. In understanding interpretation and action, we therefore have to work backwards to determine what people hold as ontogenic knowledge. Bruner and Haste (1990) and Gelman (1997) identify ontogenic knowledge as conceptual frameworks or models of the world, underpinned by values, beliefs, emotions and interests (Reynolds & Salters, 1995)--what Billet names dispositions. Dispositions determine our motivation to attend to incoming information, to either assimilate or accommodate the new information (Piaget, 1952), and to shape actions. This is particularly noteworthy in the current political context with our intense scrutiny on early childhood. Much of the debate in recent months has focused around the needs of young children and how the state ought to be developing policy and programs to improve outcomes for these children and their families. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed in March 2008 to aim for the following outcomes: