Educational relevance of Vyotkian theory by Lucy Downes https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j en-us 2018-04-19 15:32:22 UTC 2018-04-19 16:37:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 'what are the key concepts/themes of Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory of cognitive development' arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253487760 2018-04-19 15:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253487760 'Can you think of any examples where Vygotskian theory has been applied in your experiences in schooling/univeristy learning' arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253487973 2018-04-19 15:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253487973 Is there any variation in the implementation of these methods between institutions and/or between subjects? why do you think this might be? arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253488398 2018-04-19 15:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253488398 arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253490305 Scaffolding
Zone of proximal development
Cultural tools (language, passing on information, Social media, internet, books)

]]> 2018-04-19 15:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253490305 arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253491630 Collaborative group projects (Social loafing= the con)]]> 2018-04-19 15:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253491630 arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253492339 primary - more authoritative talk, more guided/told
college- more communal but still curriculum based
uni - pretty much entirely on your own, learn with groups or fail (maybe not as dire as that but)]]> 2018-04-19 15:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253492339 Project Based learning jenjen1958 https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253493440 My school had a curriculum for y7's and y8's called EFC ( Excellent futures curriculum) which is project based learning and focuses on constantly working in groups and our work spaces were  even redesigned into studios that made it easy for us to work in groups i.e round tables , no walls 

]]> 2018-04-19 15:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253493440 How has Vygotsky's theory been applied to education? arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253494285 2018-04-19 15:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253494285 Why is 'dialogic process' of teaching and learning important? arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495057 2018-04-19 15:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495057 'How readily can we evaluate the effectiveness of the application of Vygoskian theory to education' arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495184 2018-04-19 15:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495184 rewh20 https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495616 Primary through to college- assessment of specific knowledge of individual. Tended to increase inter-student competition, not building eachothers knowledge  up. Leaving many behind essentially.  ]]> 2018-04-19 15:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495616 'How might educational functions of classroom talk be developed' arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495860 2018-04-19 15:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253495860 Teacher-student talk lucy_i_downes https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253497393 My school was really small and casual, so we talked to the teachers almost as friends, they used really open ended questions, criticism was taken well as it was like talking to an equal, allowed for deaths of opinion ]]> 2018-04-19 15:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253497393 Scaffolding and practical applications arthur_p_mars https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253498614 Scaffolding -> A process in which more competent people provide a temporary framework that supports a children's thinking at a higher level than children could manage on their own 

In year 9, my school ran a 'literacy leaders' program, where the kinda advanced year 9 readers would go and sit with the weaker year 2 readers from another school for 2 hours a week, and try and engage with them and encourage them to read. More beneficial than teachers maybe, because we were close enough to peers and we were still learning.  ]]> 2018-04-19 15:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253498614 How collaborative learning can be introduced: lucy_i_downes https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253506082 - use open ended questions 
- encourage students to put things into own words
- get students to elaborate and justify 
- give students time to construct thoughtful answers 
- allow students comments to shift direction of discussion 
- ‘model’ ways of using language to conduct rational arguments, so that students can learn]]> 2018-04-19 16:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253506082 Potential consequences of applying Vygotskian theory in Education kimberleygunning https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253508359 Social loafing. The idea that group work can lead to less productive work and the overall outcomes of the group is minimized. Less effort is put in from certain group members when group sizes increase, in a way they can slip behind other productive members of the group. This is obviously a consequence of group work in education because it may mean that people's grades are affected or may become less motivated to put in effort into a group. 
- affect this may have on peer relationships ]]> 2018-04-19 16:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253508359 rewh20 https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253509252 Given adoption of group based learning, discussion and use of open ended questions- considering time extension needed to cover enough ground. 1 hour may be too limited. Possibly 90 minute sessions. 
Could bring up strain on resources, or effectively reduce un paid load on teachers. ]]> 2018-04-19 16:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lucy_i_downes/bo03fq2jld4j/wish/253509252