Lev S. Vigotsky’s Cultural-Historical Theory of Psychological

DevelopmentBy: Cora Mendez

EPSY 6304.63

Lev S. Vigotsky

Famous quotes Education must be

orientated not towards the yesterday of a child's development, but towards its tomorrow‘

It is through others that we become ourselves'

What a child can do in co-operation today he can do alone tomorrow.

Therefore, the only good kind of instruction is that which marches ahead of development, and leads it'

Theory Of Cultural Historical Development

Theory in practice: A boy learning how to cook from his mother.

Through their interactions he learns cooking safety, preparing a dish, portions, and even measurement.

"Learning is more than the acquisition of the

ability to think; it is the acquisition of many

specialized abilities for thinking about a variety

of things” Lev

Vigotsky

Culture

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Importance Of Social Interaction

Children Can Perform More Challenging Tasks When Aided

By More Competent Individuals.

Zone Of Proximal Development

Vigotsky And Language 1: Preintellectual

and autonomous speech

2: Naive Psychology

3. Communacative and egocentric speech

4.Intellectual(internal speech)

Fa, fa

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"In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself." - Lev Vygotsky

Leong D. J., Bodrova, E. (2013). Image courtesy of Stuart Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Importance Of Play

Applying The Theory Of Cultural

Historical Development

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Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

References Leong D. J., Bodrova, E. (2013). Scholastic. Pioneers

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Children learn by observing others. Jenny Acheson/Riser/Getty Images.

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Cognition: Vygotskian Perspectives. Cambridge University Press.

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Gredler, M. (2009). Learning and instruction: Theory into practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.