Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who developed the social constructivist theory. The theory focuses on how social and cultural aspects influence cognitive development. According to Vygotsky, social interaction plays a fundamental role in developing cognition. He believed that community and social learning precede development. Key concepts in Vygotsky's theory include the zone of proximal development, which is the area where guidance allows children to develop skills they will use independently, and the more knowledgeable other, referring to someone with a higher ability level to help the learner. Vygotsky also viewed language as developing from social interactions and believed thought and language merge around age three when they become interdependent.
4. Objectives of Vygotsky theory
1. To develop social interaction between
the society.
2. To develop social-cultural aspects
among pupils.
3. To develop social interaction for
personality and knowledge.
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5. Vygotsky theory stress on the fundamental
role of social interaction in the development of
cognition
he believed strongly that community plays a
central role in the process of making meaning.
Social learning tends to precede development
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9. Zone of proximal development
This is an important concept that relates to the
difference between what a child can achieve independently
and what a child can achieve with guidance and
encouragement from a skilled partner
Vygotsky sees the zone of proximal development
as the area where the most sensitive instruction or
guidance should be given ,allowing the child to develop
skills they will then use on their own developing higher
mental functions.
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10. ID refers to some on who has a better
understanding or a higher ability level then the
learner with respect to a particular task process
or concept
The key to MKSs is that they must have aur be
programmed with more knowledge about the topic
being learned then the learner does.
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12. Vygotsky and language
Vygotsky believed that language develops
from social interactions.
Vygotsky viewed language as man's
greatest tool, a means for communicating
with the outside world.
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13. Vygotsky on language
Thought and language are initially
separate system from the beginning of life
merging at around three years of ago.
At this point speech and thought become
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14. Three forms of language
1. Social speech:-which is external communication
used to talk to others (from the age of 2).
2. Private speech:-which is directed to the self and
serves an intellectual function (from the age of 3).
3. Silent inner speech:- finally private speech goes
underground diminishing in a audibility as it takes
on a self regulating function and is transformed
into silent inner speech(from the age of 7)
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16. ● Used to develop the student's learning ability of
his theory
● Teachers and students collaboratively achieve
learning
● Helping teachers and skilled classmates learn in
the teaching process helps experienced students
find success in learning..
Education implication