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Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
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Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
Doc Raqui
Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development centered on the ideas that social interaction and imaginative plays are large contributors to the process of cognitive development in children. He believed that the social interactions that children engaged and help them to both discover and create meaning from the things that they discover. Understanding Vygotsky’s theories on cognitive development can help educators to understand how children’s brain develop and develop strategies for aiding in a child’s cognitive development. The most important application an educator can put into place from Vygotsky’s theory is his concepts of the zone of proximal development and scaffolding. This allows teachers to realize what a child can do if they only had assistance. They can then provide the necessary support to help a child develop the skill on their own. For younger children in particular, educators need to focus on providing an environment that encourages the children to engage in imaginative play because the role-playing they engage in will help them to develop language and thinking skills.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed very important that learners and educators should have social interactions because through this, learners will be able to share his or her ideas. It is of significant to the child what he observes and what he discovers will be apply to their lives.
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Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development.
The work of Vygotsky's theories stress the fundamental role of social interaction (Social Development Theory) in the development of cognition Vygotsky, 1978), as he believed strongly that community plays a central role in the process of "making meaning."
Applying in Classroom Setting
In classroom setting social interaction had a big influence in the development of children. Child to child conversation let the children learn from their experiences. The more the social interactions the more the child learn from their experiences using their own senses. The child becomes academic and street wise in this theory. As educator we can apply this social development theory in classrooms, teachers can use groupings and partnership activities, role play, games etc. were they can participate with other students in the classroom. We can help to build and enhance the confidence and social behavior of a student’s using this theory.
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The most important application an educator can put into place from Vygotsky’s theory is his concepts of the zone of proximal development and scaffolding. This allows teachers to realize what a child can do if they only had assistance. They can then provide the necessary scaffolding to help a child develop the skill on their own. For younger children in particular, educators need to focus on providing an environment that encourages the children to engage in imaginative play because the role-playing they engage in will help them to develop language and thinking skill
ReplyDeleteQ. Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
ReplyDeleteA. Vygotsky believed children’s thinking is affected by their knowledge of the social community (which is learnt from either technical or psychological cultural tools). He also suggested that language is the most important tool for gaining this social knowledge; the child can be taught this from other people via language. He defined intelligence as “the capacity to learn from instruction”, which emphasises the fact there is a requirement for a more knowledgable other person or ‘teacher’. He referred to them as just that: the More Knowledgable Other (MKO). MKO’s can be parents, adults, teachers, coaches, experts/professionals – but also things you might not first expect, such as children, friends and computers. (https://psychohawks.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/theories-of-cognitive-development-lev-vygotsk)
Everyone of us learn through are parents, teachers and in our surroundings. Vygotsky believes that we learn new things when there is a person who is more knowledgable than us. I believe that if the teacher is confident about the things he/she knew about the subject he/she will be able to share it to his/her students and the students will be able to learn from the discussion. you will know if the student learn something from you if they are able to answer your questions about the subject matter. Teachers are not only the facilitator of knowledge but also the source of knowledge.
Psychologist Lev Vygotsky 's theory of cognitive development posits that information from the external world is transformed and internalized through language. Since language is both a symbolic system of communication and a cultural tool used to transmit culture and history, play is an essential part of both language development and a child's understanding of the external world. When a child is at play, he or she is in a constant dialogue either with self or others. According to Vygotsky, language also serves the purpose of regulation, or self-control over one's own cognitive processes such as memory and thought.
ReplyDeleteYes we can apply it in classroom setting, as we develop, we transition from being other-regulated to being self-regulated in our cognitive processes. Discovering language via play is an essential part of this transition
Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: On Vygotsky's theory, children develop through informal and formal conversations with adults. In the first few years of life are critical for development, as this is where thought and language become increasingly independent. As the children grow further they begin to perform complex mental activities begin as basic social activities and they can perform more difficult tasks with the help of a more advanced individual.
In the classroom setting, Vygotsky’s theory does not mean that anything can be taught to any child. Only instruction and activities that fall within the zone promote development. For example, if a child cannot identify the sounds in a word even after many prompts, the child may not benefit immediately from instruction in this skill. Practice of previously known skills and introduction of concepts that are too difficult and complex have little positive impact.
Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting.
ReplyDeleteAnswer: The theory of Lev Vygotsky on cognitive development explains that children's cognitive development is affected and dependent on their social knowledge and social community. Where a child can be learned taught from the people he/she encounters through languages.
We can apply his theory in classroom setting by giving effective instruction and activities where the child will be able to develop his cognitive skills through interaction with others and languages. Make activities that involve group activities like role playing, story telling, let them play inside the classroom. Through these activities, children will be able to shape and make sense of their world, know how to learn thinking skills and how they acquire language.
Vygotsky believed children’s thinking is affected by their knowledge of the social community which is learnt from either technical or psychological cultural tools. He defined intelligence as “the capacity to learn from instruction”, which emphasizes the fact there is a requirement for a more knowledgeable teacher. More Knowledgeable Other (MKO) can also be parents, adults, teachers, coaches, experts/professionals, children, friends and computers.
ReplyDeleteZone of proximal development (ZPD) is the gap between the present and potential level of development. In a classroom setting teachers and other MKO has a very important role in developing this gap. At school, it is also important that the knowledge must be appropriate for the child’s level of comprehension. Anything that is too complicated for the child to learn that isn’t in their ZPD cannot be learnt at all until there is a shift in the ZPD. When a child does attain their potential, this shift occurs and the child can continue learning more complex, higher level material.
Lev Vygotsky's cognitive theory believed that children’s thinking is affected by their knowledge of the social community (which is learnt from either technical or psychological cultural tools). He also suggested that language is the most important tool for gaining this social knowledge; the child can be taught from other people via language. He defined intelligence as “the capacity to learn from instruction”, which emphasises the fact there is a requirement for a more knowledgable other person or ‘teacher’. He referred to them as the More Knowledgable Other (MKO). MKO’s can be parents, adults, teachers, coaches, experts/professionals – and also children, friends and computers.
ReplyDeleteThis theory can be best maximized by a teacher in a classroom settings by acting as the MKO. A teacher, through teaching can boost her students' capacity to learn. She can also employ other strategies such as groupings, brainstorming, role plays and other activities where a child could learn from her classmates. Homeworks that would require students to interview an adult knowledgeable on a certain topic such as their parents and other people in the community, could also be given to students as their activity from which they could cognitively develop.
Vygotsky's social interaction plays a fundamental role in the process of cognitive development in contrast to piaget's understanding of a child development i which development necessarily precedes learning. vygotsky's felt social learning precedes development, he states that every function in the childs cultural development appear twice, first on the social level and latter on the individual level. vygotsky focused on the connection between people and socio-cultural context in which they act and interact in shared experiences. according to vygotsky humans use tools that develop from a culture. such as speech and writing to immediate their social environment. initially children develop these tools to serve as social function ways to communicate needs vygotsky believed that the internalization od these tools led to higher thinking skills. this theory can be best used in the classroom setting where anyone can mingle and associate themselves with their classmates sharing thoughts and experiences may add learning to one another.
ReplyDeleteVygotsky's theories stress the fundamental role of social interaction in the development of cognition Vygotsky, 1978), as he believed strongly that community plays a central role in the process of "making meaning."
ReplyDeleteIn a classroom setting, this theory does not mean that anything can be taught to any child. Like Vygotsky, I also believed children’s thinking is affected by their knowledge of the social community (which is learnt from either technical or psychological cultural tools). Language is the most important tool for gaining this social knowledge; the child can be taught this from other people via language. Applying this theory in a classroom setting through internalizing monologues, and therefore becoming a verbal thinker, is a stepping stone to higher levels of thinking. Social and cultural tools are an important means of gaining intelligence.
Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
ReplyDeleteVygotsky’s cognitive development is very applicable to classroom setting, especially on activities like group works or projects which involves social interaction in which students would be able to co-construct ideas and knowledge.
Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
ReplyDeleteLev Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development highlighted the role of culture and social interaction in the development of an individual. According to him a child’s development is a combined factor of the culture and the exposure of the child to various situations and his/her environment.
Applying this in the classroom setting could give the child the capacity to learn not only by himself, but also through the help of others. Working by group could help the student share what he knows and acquire knowledge from others as well. Social interaction and being exposed to the culture could boost his confidence and could help him maximize his ability to learn and develop cognitively.
Please comment on Lev Vygotsky's Cognitive Development. How do you think you can apply this in the classroom setting?
ReplyDeleteVygotsky’s theory of cognitive development centered on the ideas that social interaction and imaginative play are large contributors to the process of cognitive development in children. He believed that the social interactions that children engaged in helped them to both discover and create meaning from the things that they discover. Specifically, he believed that some of the most important learning a child could experience was in the social interactions they had with a skilled tutor that is often an adult, such as a parent or teacher. The child will observe the behaviors of the tutor as well as follow the verbal instructions the tutor provides. The child will then emulate what they observe in their tutor. The child tries to understand what they observe and the instructions they receive by copying and internalizing, while learning to apply them to their own lives. Vygotsky called this collaborative or cooperative dialogue. He called the teacher or tutor in this role the “more knowledgeable other.” While this role typically involves adults, as pointed out above, such as teachers, parents, or coaches, it can also involve social interactions with other children. The important part of the role is that it is fulfilled by someone from which the child can learn, a more knowledgeable other.