Piaget Vs Vygotsky

similarity is kids in the preoperational stage are egocentric in which they think anyone knows just as much as they know; an example based on that is when the kids were shown one side of the mountain and then asked what is on the sides of the mountain they answered with nothing because that is what they saw on their side, therefore they think that the way they see things is how everyone else will see it, because according to Piaget they still have not mastered the mental ability whereas The child in the preoperational stage still do not have the ability to think through actions (Woolfolk, A., 2004). Another similarity is children learn better with a teacher or caregiver, teaching them how to do a specific task, which according to Piaget occurs in the concrete stage and according to Vygotsky that is called scaffolding. Once the child gets the hang of it the scaffolder retreats, the child starts to think and …show more content…
Vygotsky believed in Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) which is the gap between what a child can do alone and what a child can do with the help from adults or peers who have a greater knowledge and provide instructions to the child to regulate their performance. According to Shaffer (1996) gives the example of a young girl who is given her first puzzle to solve alone, without the help of an adult she performed poorly, when her dad was given permission to step in and help her out he was demonstrating, encouraging and guiding her with what she should do. As the child becomes more competent, the father allows the child to work more independently. Vygotsky also focused on the language and how depending on the culture it could differ from one child to