Educational Relevance of Vygotskain Theory by Emily Beale https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz Made with big dreams en-us 2019-04-01 10:34:39 UTC 2026-01-04 16:08:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Vygotsky (1962, 1978) argued that the acquisition and use of language transforms children's thinking. He described language as both a cultural tool (for the development and sharing of knowledge amongst members of a community or society) and as a psychological tool (for structuring the processes and content of individual thought) emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347097754 2019-04-01 10:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347097754 emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347098243 2019-04-01 10:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347098243 Vygosky's Theory emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347098675 Vygotsky’s theory is one of the foundations of constructivism. It asserts three major themes regarding social interaction, the more knowledgeable other, and the zone of proximal development]]> 2019-04-01 10:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347098675 emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347099050  “Every function in the child’s cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological)”.]]> 2019-04-01 10:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347099050 emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347099383 2019-04-01 10:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347099383 Applications of Vygosky's Theory emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347099793 Vygotsky’s theory promotes learning contexts in which students play an active role in learning. Roles of the teacher and student are therefore shifted, as a teacher should collaborate with his or her students in order to help facilitate meaning construction in students. Learning therefore becomes a reciprocal experience for the students and teacher.]]> 2019-04-01 10:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347099793 emilybeale8 https://padlet.com/emilybeale8/2xx70ykr7vzz/wish/347100188 Lev Vygotsky refers to 'elementary mental functions' –

o Attention

o Sensation

o Perception

o Memory
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