How Children Learn by Linda Pound

Author:Linda Pound
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: theory, theorist, theorists, Vygotsky, Steiner, Montessori, Froebel, Comenius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Owen, Dewey, McMillan, Isaacs, Piaget, Skinner, Bruner, Athey, Malaguzzi, Freire, Donaldson, play, emotional, intelligence, educational
ISBN: 9781907241529
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2012
Published: 2012-06-08T00:00:00+00:00

Putting the theory into practice

The notion of the zone of proximal development emphasises the importance of what has been called ‘scaffolding’. This relies on careful observation of what children can do and planning a curriculum which challenges their current capability.

Like Piaget, Vygotsky emphasised the way in which knowledge and understanding are constructed by the learner from their experiences. This is known as constructivist theory. Unlike Piaget, however, who saw experience as personal, Vygotsky emphasised the social components of experience. His theory underlined the contribution to learning made by others, and is known as a social constructivist view. It has been associated with an apprenticeship approach where the learner learns from someone more experienced or competent. Key ideas in a classroom then become conversation, play and opportunities to follow interests and ideas.

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