Life and Times
Lev Vygotsky was born on November 17, 1896, in a city in the western region of the Russian Empire
Where is Orsha, Belarus
Vygotsky believed this was the key to learning and development. He defined it as a space between what a learner can do without assistance and what a learner can do with adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers
What is The Zone of Proximal Development
Teachers can support language in the classroom through activities which promotes logic, reasoning, and reflective thinking
What is reading and writing
The teacher uses the curriculum to plan activities for students which encompasses not only what the child is capable of doing on their own but what they can learn with the help of others
What is Developmentally Appropriate
A contemporary educational approach to teaching that improves students' ability to learn from text. Teachers collaborate with students in learning and practicing for key functions - Summarising, questioning, clarifying and predicting
What is reciprocal teaching
Lev Vygotsky's life was tragically cut short on June 11, 1934, when he died from this disease at the age of 37
What is tuberculosis
Vygotsky believed it was essential to the learning process. Man's greatest tool as a means to communicate and to construct meaning. It plays two critical role in cognitive development (the main means by which adults transmit information to children and in itself becomes a very powerful tool of intellectual adaptation)
What is Language
Teachers can expose their students to authentic materials and foods, encourage them in speaking the mother tongue and teach them traditional games
What is culture
The teacher supports the learner's development and provides supporting structures to get to the next stage or level. With repeated help on the same task, they gradually learn and eventually can do said task on their own
What is scaffolding
Everything is learned on two levels. Every child's cultural development appears twice
What is a Social and Individual Level
Lev Vygotsky was a seminal Russian psychologist who was best known for this notable contribution to early childhood education
What is Sociocultural Theory of Development
Vygotsky believed it played an important role in cognitive development especially in higher-order thinking. It lays the foundation for how and what the child will think and do in other situations. Though this children acquire their cultural values, beliefs and problem solving strategies.
What is Social Interaction
Teachers can promote cognitive growth through productive discussions, constructive feedback and collaboration with others in small groups
What are interactive activities
With these key components students leave the zone of current development and travel through the zone of proximal development. They reach their learning goals, complete problem-solving tasks with their teachers or engage with more competent peers
What is the students potential development and the role of interaction with others
The teacher's role is the designer of the environment. they are the helper and driver of the students constructing meaning initiative
What is the Guide
Lev Vygotsky's formal work in psychology did not begin until 1924 when he attended this university
What is the Institute of Psychology in Moscow
Lev Vygotsky believed that children especially young children should be allow to engage in this activity at every opportunity. Through such activity children are able to imitate their elders in cultural patterned activity which generates opportunities for intellectual development
What is play
Teachers can encourage children to act out various roles by introducing different play themes and scenarios to support their development
What is make-believe play
Students acquire greater knowledge and skill from a person who can provide them with instructions during the learning process
What is More Knowledgeable Other
The teacher plans activities which allows students to work together in small groups to maximize their own and other's learning
What is a Collaborative Learning
Lev Vygotsky published six books on the topic of psychology and had a diverse interest centered on these issues
What is child development and education
Children can accomplish this with a large proportion of help from an adult or Most Knowledgeable Other
What is the Upper Limit
Students are moved from passive receivers of information to active participants in their discovery process
What is a Student-Centered Approach