Vygotsky and the sociocultural approach Flashcards
When did Vygotsky live?
Between 1986 and 1934.
According to Vygotsky’s theory, what is the context?
The context is the larger culture and its expressions in the immediate settings.
According to Vygotsky’s theory is our thought and intelligence our own?
No, it is the product of history and culture.
How did Vygotsky saw cognitive development?
According to his theory everything is social and cognitive development is dependent on interactions with people and tools.
What are tools in children’s worlds according to Vygotsky?
There are two types. Real tools - pens, papers, computers, etc, and symbols - language, math systems, signs.
What is Guided Participation in V’s theory?
When an adult assists a child when she does an adult activity. Scaffolding is when a more knowledgable other provides some type of structure to the child to perform an activity.
What is zone for proximal development?
The level of task complexity which matches the child’s space between what he already knows and what functions are still maturing (are in embryonic state).
What is the intermental plane?
Interaction between minds.
What is the intramental plane?
Interaction within one own’s mind.
How are the intermental and intramental plane connected in V’s theory?
According to sociocultural approach a child should first have intermental interaction with an adult, and this interaction is being internalized when the child is moving through the ZPD.
What is the most important psychological tool according to Vygotsky?
Language.
What is dynamic assesment?
Measuring children’s readiness or potential for learning, rather than the products of previous learning.
Microgenetic method
Looking at the change during one or several experimental sessions.
