Our report on Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development. It's quite brief, but very well said, I suppose.

1. Presented by:
Jenina Pauline Cardenas
Mark Francis Astom
BSEd- II

2. Lev Vygotsky
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3. Vygotsky believes that…
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the child is viewed as
an active seeker of
knowledge;
the child and
environment interact
together enabling
cognitive development
in a culturally adaptive
way;

4. Vygotsky believes that…
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the mind is
perceived to be
socially constructed;
the child is born
with basic
attentional,
perceptual and
memory capacities;

5. Vygotsky believes that…
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development occurs
as a direct result of
contact with the
environment;
language and
thought develop
independently, but
eventually merge and
interact.

6. Vygotsky believes that…
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children must
speak to
themselves in a self
guiding and
directing way-
initially aloud and
later internally

7. 1. Self-Regulation
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Development involves the
internalization of signs acquired by
an individual from others so that
he can solve problems by himself

8. 2. Zone of Proximal
Development
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refers to the tasks a
child is unable to
complete alone, but is
able to complete with
the assistance of an
adult.

9. 
The teacher gives a
learning experience
for a specific child at a
level just beyond
his/her current level
of performance.

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11. 3. Scaffolding
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In order for a child
to learn new
concepts or skills
the teacher must
provide scaffolds
for the learning
experience.

12. 
Like scaffolding on a
building, supports are withdrawn as
individual competence
develops. Scaffolding may include
physical presence and prompts along
with more specific metacognitive
strategies.

13. Educational Implications
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Child as an active participant in the learning
process.
Importance of individual difference.
Assist children in discovery.
Teachers should guide learning through
explanation, demonstration and verbal
prompts.

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 Tailor lessons to each child's zone of proximal
development.
 Early childhood – promote teacher/child and
child/child interactions.
 Promote fantasy play.
 Within the learning environment focus on literacy
activities.
 Use prompts, reminders, increase independence,
give information, use cooperative learning and
reciprocal teaching strategies.

15. Vygotsky also believed
that…
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Language is the most important tool
for gaining this social knowledge
Children can learn a lot via language

16. “Words play a central part
not only in the development
of thought but in the
historical growth of
consciousness as a whole.”
“The speech structures

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