Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1896 who studied law at Moscow State University. He is known for developing cultural-historical psychology and coining the concept of the zone of proximal development, which refers to the difference between what a learner can do independently and what they can do with guidance and is considered an important aspect of learning. Vygotsky believed that learning precedes development and argued against using tests to measure intelligence alone.

1. by: Lev Vygotsky
JUSTINE ANN C. EUPEÑA
Reporter

2. Who is
Lev Vygotsky?
Lev Vygotsky
- was born on November 17,
1896
in Orasha, a city in the
western region of the
Russian Empire
- He studied in Moscow State
University with a degree in
law in 1917
- his full name is Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky
- Also Known for Cultural-historical
psychology, Zone of Proximal Development and
Interpersonal communication

3.  Is the difference between what a
learner can do without help and
what he or she can do with help.
 an area of learning that occurs
when a person is assisted by a
teacher or peer with a higher skill
set of the subject. The person
learning skill set cannot complete
it without the assistance of the
teacher or peer.

5.  was originally developed by Vygotsky
to argue against the use of academic,
knowledge -based tests as a means to
gauge students’ intelligence.
 Vygotsky (1978) believed that learning
results in mental development and sets
into motion a variety of development
processes that would not occur without
the process of learning.

6.  First, it suggests that developmental
processes do not coincide with learing
process, but instead developmental
processes lags behind learning, resulting
in zones of proximal development
 Second features suggests that although
learning directly relates to child
development, the two are never
accomplished at the same time, as there
are highly complex dynamic relations
between development and learning.

7. Zone of
Proximal Development
things the learner
cannot do.
things the learner
can do with help
things the learner
can do on his own