Lev Kuleshov

In 1970, a 13-year-old girl was rescued from her Los Angeles home by the child welfare authorities. The girl, who was later given a pseudonym Genie, had suffered from extreme abuse, neglect and social isolation from her family. She had been kept in a closed bedroom without being spoken to, listening to radios, or watching TV for almost 11 years. She had “ acquired virtually no language” (Piper p66) when she was first found. Following her rescue, Genie had undergone extensive training,…

The rapid economic development has impacted our life tremendously. Life is getting much easier and more convenient thanks technology and quick accessed information. However, we do not have everything for granted, we have been working so hard for it. As parents, we spend more time working to bring home money and at the same time dealing with the stress of keeping the job. Consequently, we spend less time with our family, especially with our children, to play with our children or read them a good…

Lev Vygotsky theory on social interaction paved the way for how it applies to cognitive development. Vygotsky believed that a community plays an essential role in the process of “make meaning”. Make meaning refers to the process in which an idividual can…

I chose a video of an infant (presumably under the age of two) interacting with puppies while receiving instructions or feedback from what looks to be the parents and the caregiver of the dogs. In the video, the little boy is meeting with new born puppies under the supervision of his parents and the puppy caregiver. Although this video is eight minutes long, the part that I observed ran from 3:29-6:24. He interacts verbally and physically with the puppies. The adults are facilitating learning…

One thing that children do very well is play; yet it can be difficult to define behaviors are considered play with the introduction of technology based games This paper will discuss what components make up children’s by describing the types of play and their functions, how play has changed with the rise of globalization and the digital play, and will conclude with the developmental ramifications of these changes. As stated in lecture, there are a numerous types of play children engage in…

“The true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social, but from the social to the individual” (Vygotsky, n.d.) Within Vygotsky's sociocultural theory he believed that the two most important concepts were zone of proximal development and scaffolding. Between these two concepts the child will gain knowledge from someone with more experience and education. Using the Sociocultural theory I will explain how zone of proximal development and scaffolding shaped my…

Case Study Five (5) Outdoor Play with the Nursery children; 4 years old. From my perspective, I think that learning extends beyond classroom. I believe that outdoor play is a form of learning that actively encourages children development. The three principles that I have chosen based on the case study: • Holistic Development to development and learning • Children as Active Learners • Play as a medium for learning Holistic Development to development and learning Holistic development in…

Differentiation of children’s learning is an essential tool in an English Primary School setting (DCSF, 2008). Children learn at different rates (Brandt, 1998; Tomlinson, 2001) and thus it stands to reason that the learning that is carried out in a classroom is differentiated to suit the varying needs of the learner. Contradictory to standards-based teaching, differentiation denotes to a student-centred pedagogical approach which aims at responding flexibly to individual students’ learning…

The contribution of several major learning theorist have been examined within this coursework. Accordingly, the contributions of three such philosophers (Eric Erikson, Jean Piaget and Vygotsky) are among those that I have selected to consider the relevance of their ideas to my teaching context. Each theoretical approach is difference and consequently each serves a unique need as it concerns teaching and learning. In other words no one theory fits all teaching and learning situations.…

The sociocultural theory that is used in many classrooms around the world today was founded and researched by a Soviet psychologist, Lev Vygotsky. The key concepts of Vygotsky's theory that will be addressed below are: language, socially mediated learning and scaffolding. The key concept of language in Vygotsky's theory is developed upon social interactions, for communication purposes. Language, a shared social symbolic system for human communication (Woolfolk, 2016, p. 96), allows opportunity…