Vygotskis Theory

Question 1

Vygotskis theory of..

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Cognitive development

Question 2

Overview of vygotskis theory

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vygotskis believes: influences within our culture are the key driving force for the development of cognition and the ability is a result of social contexts

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How to vygotskis and Paigets views differ

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Both agree that we learn as we grow how we vygotskis believes this is due to culture and social context

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What is elementary

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Are the functions we are born with eg memory

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What are higher mental functions

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Are the influence of our culture building abilities

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The role of others experts

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The role of other cultures is learning from someone that is more knowledgable in an area than our own suggesting we are constantly learning from out environment

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The role of language

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The role of language differs depending on the person we communicate with eg speaking with clear pronunciations to a child can be beneficial for their intellectual development

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What is the zone of proximal development

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An area where a child is best able to learn new information

This area is in the centre of where we can do all the tests and tasks become overly difficult

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Scaffolding

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Middle ring where children can learn with some assistance eg modelling, maintaining attention and simplifying

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Processs

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Elementary functions lead to cultural differences lead to higher mental functioning

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Similarities of vygotskis and Paigets theories

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• they both be,Ives qualitative differences between children’s cogntions as they grow
• both believe biological factors play a role
• children learn as they grow

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Differences between paiget and vygotskis

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• different biological factors: maturation vs elementary factors
• paiget believes in very set stages whilst vygotskis believes in ongoing process
• individuals vs social process

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4 evaluation points

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Strength - real world application
Weakness - differing views
Strength - research support
Weakness - methodology

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Elaboration strength - real world application

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• useful for education
• scaffolding has helped teachers develop strategies for all learners
• van Kerr and vernahaege found 7 year olds who were tutored by 10 year olds learned more than those than peers with just teaching

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Elaboration weakness - differing views

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• correct about importance in other people of learning
• if he was right about process of interactive learning we would expect all children learning together to pick up similar skills and mental representations
• howe found what children learn actually varies considerably between individuals
• paiget said learning experiences lead to the formation of an individual mental representation of the topic

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Elaboration strength - research support

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• research conducted by Roaszi and Bryant looked at role of zone of proximal development
• 4-5 hear olds were asked to estimate sweets in box alone or with support from an expert
• findings shoiwed that with an expert the children made far more reasoned estimates than a,one

Question 17

Elaboration weakness - methodology

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• his theory lack scientific control

- study isn’t longitudinal - dining’s can’t be generalised because there aren’t any long term effects