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Vygotsky, Social Constructivist Theory
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Summary of Theory
Lev Vygotsky
Thoughts to remember:
While there can be wide variation of activities and content in a Vygotskian classroom, four principles always apply:
1. Learning and development is a social, collaborative activity
2. The Zone of Proximal Development can serve as a guide for curricular and lesson planning
3. Classroom activity should be reality-based and applicable to the real world
4. Learning extends to the home and other out-of-school environments and activities and all learning situations should be related.
- The teacher is more activly involved.
has more room for an engaged teacher
- The classroom should provide a variety of learning materials.
Vigotsky was more intrested in the social aspects of learning.
Social Constructivist Theory
- culture gives the child the cognitive tools needed for development.
- Today they include electronic forms of information access.
The End
Connection to teaching/ learning:
this theory apllies in that it depends on the teacher to teach the child so that the child learns how to do the task that he is suppose to do on his own.
Vygotsky was a soviet developmental psycologist.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lev_Vygotsky