Educational relevance of Vygotskian theory by Lucile Fiorentino https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6 en-us 2018-04-16 22:02:19 UTC 2026-01-30 19:15:15 UTC hello@padlet.com l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252567445 Socio-cultural theory emphasises cognitive development takes place through direct interactions between children and other people (e.g teachers)
This helps children acquire skills and knowledge valued by their culture.]]> 2018-04-17 13:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252567445 l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252569447 Teachers can use  'guided participation'- where they prompt the children with clues so they can engage in activities that would otherwise be too difficult.]]> 2018-04-17 13:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252569447 l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252571380 Vygotsky emphasised
 -continuous quantitative changes in thinking 
-children as social learners

]]> 2018-04-17 13:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252571380 l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252573634 Children are social learners shaped by their cultural context-- so should make education a social experience relevant to specific cultures. ]]> 2018-04-17 13:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252573634 l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252575638 Vygotsky believed thought is internalised speech, and thought orginiantes in statements of parents and other adults such as teachers... so teacher statements are crucial to shaping the Childs own understanding of environment ]]> 2018-04-17 13:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252575638 Why is the dialogic process important? l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252578130 * Evidence has shown that quality of teacher-student talk helps development of reasoning and improvement of academic performance.
* Most of the current language used by teachers funnels students responses towards a required answer, which way limit their development.
* Wolf, Crosson and Resnick (2006) found that when teachers check students understanding with yes/no questions or frame the question in a way that the student just has to finish the sentence this does not help develop their high reading skills. They also concluded that to develop students comprehension teachers should use questions that require elaboration.
]]> 2018-04-17 14:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252578130 l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252578218 The value of student talk within the classroom:
- Research has coded students' language to look for correlations between features of  and their success in the task. 
- Azmitia and Montgomery (1993) found that the quality of students' dialogue is a significant predictor of their success in problem solving. 
* Other research found that the of amount of planning, negotiation and co-construction of knowledge correlated significantly with the success of problem solving.
]]> 2018-04-17 14:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252578218 How has the theory been applied to education? l_fiorentino98 https://padlet.com/l_fiorentino98/4u4bty6l10f6/wish/252578486 General
- Critical examination of classroom dialogue as a higher priority in teacher training. 
- Address changing the patterns of conversations within the classroom so that teachers are less dominant and more encouraging..
- Help teachers practice strategies for interacting with students, creating a balance between authoritative and collaborative talk
E.g. use open questions, encourage students to put knowledge in own words, get students to justify their views, extend thoughts further, etc.

e.g
-workshops- form of social learning, by splitting up the reading and collaborating it enhances understanding (jigsaw method)
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