VIGOTSKY

LEV VIGOTSKY

Lev Vigotsky was born in Orsha Russia, his family was jewish, so his educational range to which he could access was limited.

WHO WAS LEV VIGOTSKY?

He focused much of his research work on how social interaction influences learning and cognitive.

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WHAT DID LEV VIGOTSKY FOCUS ON STUDYING?

SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS THEORIES ARE:

1.The sociocultural theory in which he argued that children develop their learning through social interaction, those activities that are performed in a shared way and allows children to internalize the structures of thought and behavior of the society around them.

2.Learning and "Zone of Proximal Development" or "ZPD" in which describes what a child is able to do by himself and what he can achieve with the help of a mentor or an adult, stressing the importance of social support in learning.

​It helps in education in different ways, among them it gives the teacher a fundamental role which is to guide their students, also making students the protagonits of their own learning, likewise applying the zone of proximal learning, establishing tasks and games according to the ZPD of each student.

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What is the focus of Lev Vigotsky´s study in psychology?

• In classical conditioning, stimulus and responce.

• How social interaction influences learning and cognitive development.

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What does the acronym ZPD mean?

• The zone of proximal development.

• The zone of parents development.

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How did it help students to have better learning?

• Helping teachers learn and how children develop through social interaction and collaboration.

• By making stimuli as a response stimulus.