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Title: Lev Vygotsky


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Lev Vygotsky
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BIOGRAPHY
  • Lev Vygotsky was born in Orsha, a city in the
    western region of the Russian Empire. He attended
    Moscow State University, where he graduated with
    a degree in law in 1917.
  • Formal work in psychology did not begin until
    1924 when he attended the Institute of Psychology
    in Moscow and began collaborating with Alexei
    Leontiev and Alexander Luria.
  • Wrote Thought and Language The Historical
    Meaning of the Crisis in Psychology
  • Died June 11, 1934

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LANGUAGE
  • Second Signal System -- Vygotsky believed that we
    encode and represent our world through language.
  • Language is a symbolic system by which we
    communicate.
  • Language is a cultural tool. History and culture
    are transmitted through language.
  • Our thoughts are based on language -"inner
    speech"
  • Social Interaction plays an important role in the
    transformation and internalization processes.
  • social plane -Vygotsky argued that development
    first takes place on a social plane. The child
    observes the parents' behavior, listens to the
    parents' speech, and tries to imitate. The
    parents guide the child in his/her efforts,
    making corrections when needed and providing
    greater challenges when appropriate.
  • internal plane -- as the child becomes more
    competent information becomes internalized. For
    example, language is now represented in the mind
    as thought or inner speech.

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Zone of Proximal Development
  • The range of tasks between ones actual
    development level and ones level of potential
    development.
  • The range of tasks that one cannot perform
    independently but can perform with the help and
    guidance of others.

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ZPD DIAGRAM
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ACTIVITY
ARE YOU READYYYYY?
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ZPD IN ACTION
What letter is missing in this series?
B C D E I K O X
Work by yourself...
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DID YOU FUGIRE IT OUT
TRY WORKING WITH A PARTNER
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NEED SOME HELP?
  • The solution to this kind of pattern guessing
    question has to do with the physical properties
    of the given letters, objects, or figures.
  • ANY IDEAS NOW?

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ANSWER!
  • When you flip the letters vertically, you still
    have the same letters.

B C D E I K O X
B C D E I K O X
H
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TRY ANOTHER
WHATS THE MISSING LETTER?
A H I M O U V W X Y
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ANSWER!
WHEN YOU FLIP THE LETTERS VERTICALLY YOU GET THE
SAME LETTER
T
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Vygotskys Assumptions
  • Children perform more challenging tasks when
    assisted by more advanced individuals.
  • Learning mostly takes place in ZPD not in working
    independently.
  • Complex mental processes begin as social
    processes that children gradually internalize and
    use independently.
  • Thought and language become increasingly
    interdependent private speech.

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CLASSROOM
  • Implications for teachers
  • 1. Encourage self-talk
  • 2.Provide support and assistance
  • 3. Small groups for complex tasks
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