Lev Vygotsky

Vygotsky considered social interactions to be very important for the children development. From my observation of my students when they work together most of them enjoy the learning process more and they become more confident and responsible. Also these cooperative…

There are two major forms of mediation of sociodramatic play: explanation to children of social roles and relations, and teaching children play skills. Despite being two different approaches, both forms of mediation of sociodramatic play “create the zone of proximal development of the child” (Karpov 61). The two forms of mediation of sociodramatic play have one major difference in that they take on two completely different approaches. Children are required to understand the roles and relations…

Vygotsky theory explained that children think through dialogues with peers. He believe that children development was influence by cultural and social factor around them. He introduced Zone of Proximal where a child needs guidance to complete or achieve a…

Messner used three major theories in his work, the first of which is cultural theories. Messner used cultural theories because they explain what we know about the ways that people think and express their values, ideas, and beliefs as they live together and create social worlds. Research based on cultural theories focusses on the process through which people create. He also used interactionalist theories because they explain what we know about the origins, dynamics, and consequences of social…

Vygotsky Theory “Ashley is a first child, first grandchild, only daughter. She belongs to a one parent family; she lives with her mother. Her mother’s boyfriend, Billy, moved in about six months ago. Ashley never met her father. Her mother is a math teacher of the high school. Billy’s mother is christian. She goes to the only church in town every Sunday morning with her mother and her grand parents. Ashley and her family live in a farm in a small town in Texas with population’s around 1500.…

Vygotsky placed a great deal of importance on the position played by culture in an infant’s development. He accepted that infants were born with established mental abilities like the capacity to focus on specific items. However, according to his theory, infants don 't have the capacity to do thing such as problem solving. Infants are able to learn through guided learning from more intelligent people. One of the key ideas of Vygotsky 's theory is the zone of proximal development. This is the…

1. I chose Vygotsky’s theory because this theory is very important for as an ECE to work with children. From attached artifact, I learned that the children’s cognitive development is fostered by interaction with people who are more capable or advanced in their thinking. I saw an important role for educator as well as parents for caring and nurturing to the children to make independently capable. Children also learn most from the cultures and also when they interact with others. This standard…

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…

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…