Vygotsky

Question 1

Who is vygotsky? What does he believe?

Answer 1

The zone of proximal development
Distance between actual development level and the potential development level.
Vygotsky believed that providing the appropriate assistance will give the student enough of a boost to achieve the task
Scaffolds learning- adult to support thinking by questioning throughout to help understand concepts

Question 2

Zone of actual development

Answer 2

Independently without any help
Skills and knowledge
Already mastered
Solve problems, complete tasks and demonstrate understanding without assistance of others.
Example: a child who has learned basic arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction can solve problems involving these operations independently

Question 3

Zone of proximal development

Answer 3

The gap between what they currently are able to do (zad) and what they may be able to do when scaffolded

Question 4

Internal speech

Answer 4

Thoughts and self talk
Children at age 3 can use speech to themselves but do this out loud
Only at 6-7 did children’s private speech become internal

Question 5

External speech

Answer 5

Conversation with others

Question 6

Vygotskys impact on early years

Answer 6

• Quality and style of adult interaction with children will make a difference to
their progress
• Encourage adults and children to talk during play.
• Adults and children share ideas and problem solve.
• They should be aware of children 3-6 years likely to speak aloud comments
adults would keep internal
• They need to closely observe children to inform their planning (ZPD).
• Use questioning and modelling language to develop their language skills.
• Give opportunities for play to
develop private speech.

Question 7

Zpd

Answer 7

is where children learn best with interaction and
support.
The adult uses carefully constructed scaffolding
to
ensure the task is accessible to all children.
(Inclusivity in practice)
To meet all individual children’s learning needs
various teaching techniques can be implemented,
using differentiation to give a challenge to all
pupils.

Question 8

Support from others

Answer 8

• Vygotsky believed that support from others (adults, teachers, other
children) helps to enable children help acquire their knowledge and skills-
Collaborative learning
• As a task becomes more familiar, and the child becomes more competent
the people who supply the support can leave more and more for the child
to do until the child performs a task successfully.(Stretch and Challenge)
• Teacher as the facilitator of learning
• Differentiated questioning/instructions (Tailoring teaching/Inclusive
Practice)
• Feedforward and regular feedback.
• Social interaction and classroom discussion.