Lev Kuleshov

1. When considering the theories of oral language development, which do you feel best explains your own viewpoint and why? The Social Interactionist Viewpoint explains my viewpoint of language development. Lev Vygotsky built on Piaget’s Constructionist theories that oral language is predetermined and without cognition language development is limited. Piaget developed the idea of stages of language development, although he recognized that not all children reach the final Abstract Reasoning…

Theoretical Framework Vygotsky’s theory is better know as the sociocultural theory. The sociocultural theory explains that both culture and social interactions influence the development of a child. Within Vygotsky’s theory there are three subsections: the zone of proximal development, private speech, and the use of scaffolding (Arnett 2016). Throughout my parenting of my child, Miles, I used scaffolding frequently. Arnett (2016) explains that scaffolding is used in order for a child to slowly…

Vygotsky believes that schooling plays a significant role in the mental development of children; this essay will discuss the reason to his belief of the statement. The essay will be discussing the role of social factors in development through the explanation of number systems, the importance of psychological tools in the development of a child and the difference between school knowledge and everyday knowledge as well as how it links with the zone of proximal development. Social factors are…

Evaluate Social Cognitive Theory The Social Cognitive Theory, or the Social Learning Theory was first founded by Albert Bandura and his partners in the early 1960s.The theory explains the way we learn from others, through attention, retention and motivation. The theory suggests that we take an interest and liking to the model, identify with the model and then show consistent similar behaviours as our models. Typically, our parents, teachers or friends serve as our models. Bandura et al did an…

Piaget and Vygotsky: Similar Differences People recognize that Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are two of the most influential thinkers in the world of developmental psychology. These two theorists are similar in several ways, but are also different in at least one key area that may not be obvious when generally studied (Lourenço, 2012, p. 282). It is important for educators to compare the philosophies of both Piaget and Vygotsky in order to become familiar with how children develop so that their…

Cognitive development is the formation of a thinking process, it includes particularly identification, recall, solve difficulties, problems, and to make decisions from childhood and adulthood (Ghazi, Khan, Shahzada, & Ullah, 2014). Two psychologist, Piaget and Vygotsky, had the most influence on how children learn. Both of them viewed knowledge as something children construct based off of their own experiences. However, they both had totally different approaches and different viewpoints that…

Educator’s mathematical pedagogical beliefs play a huge role in developing children’s early year’s numeracy and their achievement in mathematics. One of the mathematical pedagogical that I believed that is, children construct their own mathematical knowledge through play (Perry & Dockett, 2007). According to EYLF, play-based learning has always been a significance factor of early childhood education (DEEWR, 2009). For many children, mathematics can be a torture but play was always something they…

Learning that occurs from formed knowledge based on personal experience and individual situations is considered constructivism (Schunk, 2016). This means that learners construct or create their own learning using what they already know. Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are two theorists that have contributed a great bit to the topic of constructivism. Scholars Jerome Bruner, who introduced discovery learning, and John Dewey have also played a role in constructivism (Snowman & Mccown, 2013).…

Play is the universal language of children. It is the lifeblood of a child’s existence where their world is filled with exploration, creativity, innovation, and this play enables children to be able to investigate their world. Play underpins all facets of a child’s development. A child’s play gives them vital discoveries such as sensation, movement, expression, and language in their environments ("What is child play?", n.d.). Play is a vital part of a child’s development, it gives them a way to…

As stated by Aubrey & riley (2016) Vygotsky did not instruct the role of the child within the scaffolding process and accept the notion of the child negotiating with the adult. it can be seen as being "one sided and directed by the adult”( Aubrey & riley 2016, P.54), therefore not giving the child a fair opportunity to express themselves and create their own social learning path. Vygotsky did not take into consideration the idea of independence within children’s learning and based the ZPD…