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    VYGOTSKY'S SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY

    Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky(1896-1934) was born in Russia in 1896. He graduated with a law degree from
    Moscow University.Vygotsky's first big project was in 1925 with a focus on psychology of art. Vygotsky
    proved a career as a psychologist working with ALEXANDER LURIA and ALEXEI LEONTIER. After his death of
    tuberculosis in 1934,his ideas were repudiated by government. Vygotsky has written several articles and
    books on his theories and psychology including thought and language. Vygotsky is best known for being an
    educational psychologist with a sociocultural theory.Sociocultural theory suggest that social interaction leads
    to continous step by step changes in children's thought and behavior that can be passed from one individual
    to another. First is INITIATIVE learning, second way is by INSTTUCTED LEARNING are passed on to others in
    through COLLABORATIVE LEARNING, which involves a group of peers who strive to understand each other
    and work together to learn a specific skills.

    Vygotsky's theory suggests that social interaction leads to continuous step by step in children's thoughts abd
    behavior that can vary greatly from culture provides to help from help fron their own view of the world.

    3 ways a cultural tool can be passed:

    1) Imitative Learning - One person tries to imitate or copy another.

    2) Instructed Learning -involves remembering the instructions of the teacher and the using these instructions
    to self-esteem regulate.

    3) Collaborative Learning- Involves a group of peers who strive to understand each other and work together
    to learn a specific skills.

    Student Learning should involves an active interaction in which a student:

    *construct knowledge through discovery and experiment

    * Learns through imitation or observation

    * Relies upon teacher support which is congruent with the student's immediate(proximal) potential for
    learning.

    3 themes of Vygotsky's theory

    1) significance of culture

    2) Language

    3) Students relationship with and development within this sociocultural world.

    1) Significance of culture
    Culture-viewed as socially accepted behaviors ,attitudes and beliefsand is constructed through human
    societal products such as imitation, symbol systems and tools such as language.

    Cultural influence on childhood development can be exemplified through elementary and higher mental
    notion of vygotsky.(e.g)child responding to a mother's voice and for need( imitation to the mother)

    elementary functions are gradually transformed into higher mental functions such as problem solving, logic
    and propositional and hypothetical thinking.

    This transformation is strongly influenced by culture.

    E.g culture results in language and other symbolism which perhaps defines non-primitive consciousness and
    create the social processes and pressures for adopting the patterns of behavior and attitude which are
    characteristics of that culture.

    2) language

    the basis of consciousness and was also seen as the tools of culture which enables social interaction.

    3 key stages (Social,egocentric,inner self)

    Social Speech occurs at the first stage of language development by which young children up to 3 express
    emotions or simple thoughs.

    Egocentric Speech -(between ages 3-7 yrs. old)

    the child will often talk to him of herself in an effortsto control their own behavior or justify actions or
    approaches to talk.

    inner speech (self talk)- it occurs with the maturity at egocentric speech and has also been referred to as the
    stream of consciousness.

    ebables individuals to direct and organize thought and thus an important proponent of higher mental
    functioning.

    3). Student's relationship with and development with in sociocultural world.

    Suggest that student- teacher and student - peer relationships are of prime importance af generating and
    facilitating new Ideas, perspectives and cognitive strategies.

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