Lev Vygotsky Child Development Theorist

Lev Vygotsky Didn’t believe in stages such as Piaget suggested Didn’t believe in stages such as Piaget suggested Each child is an individual who learns distinctively Each child is an individual who learns distinctively Learning is based on language and social interaction Learning is based on language and social interaction

Lev Vygotsky Parents, teachers, and peers promote learning Parents, teachers, and peers promote learning Children play a key role in their own learning Children influence the learning of their peers Learning takes place and is dependent upon the social environment upon the social environment

Lev Vygotsky Learning should occur through collaboration between student and teacher rather than lecturing Learning should occur through collaboration between student and teacher rather than lecturing The environment would include clustered tables for collaboration and small group instruction The environment would include clustered tables for collaboration and small group instruction Teachers and students would take turns leading the small group Teachers and students would take turns leading the small group

Lev Vygotsky Past experience and prior knowledge are the basis or new learning Past experience and prior knowledge are the basis or new learning Scaffolding is used: all new knowledge uses previously learned knowledge as it’s basis. Anyone can teach a child as long as they possess more knowledge than the child in a particular area

Lev Vygotsky Behavior is learned through interaction and observation with others Behavior is learned through interaction and observation with others The Bobo doll experiment led to the assertion that if a child is exposed to violent behavior, that child will most likely repeat the violent behavior. The Bobo doll experiment led to the assertion that if a child is exposed to violent behavior, that child will most likely repeat the violent behavior.