Lev Vygotsky

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (1896-1934) is a Russian psychologist whose many interests included the domains of child development, developmental psychology, and education. Vygotsky was instructed through an extended critical inquiry and philosophical discussions, known as Socratic dialogue (Haider &Yasmin, 2015). This type of education greatly influenced Vygotsky’s views on the relevance and role of social dialogue and interaction as well as the cultural environment in the learning and development process (Rule, 2015; Sullivan, Smith, & Matusov, 2009; Verenikina, 2010). According to the sociocultural framework, any learning and mental activity is viewed as an interaction and interconnection between social agents and physical environment. The theory…

This essay will discuss how an event in my life influenced the way I grew up, and how it shaped and developed my beliefs, values and attitudes and how they affected the way I played. It will relate to Lev Vygotsky and how his theory relates to my event and the way I grew up. It will also link and discuss how I was brought up relates to Te Whariki and how Vygotsky’s theory suggests adults should support children’s learning and development. Growing up there were several events that happened that…

self-esteem. The physical aspect that play provides is a child being physically active while they are playing. This can include balancing, climbing, jumping, kicking, and running. Lastly, children are learning social skills while they are playing and interacting with others (Sohn, 2015). Over the years there have been numerous theories regarding play; however, one theorist, Lev Vygotsky, is whom I connect the most with. Lev Vygotsky was a psychologist whose theories has strongly influenced…

decisions. Using play a child learns to negotiate with their peers learning the importance of reciprocal relationships (Play helps children feel good about themselves, n.d.). In my work as a qualified early childhood educator, I see on a daily basis how play performs a vital role in a child’s development. Witnessing the children interacting with each other while they play enables me to see how they begin to mimic what they see, role playing simple scenes such as making the dinner or putting the…

Lev Vygotsky was born to two middle-class Jews in the town of Orsha, Russia in 1896. He grew up to love poetry, and began writing literary reviews for various journals during the time that he was a student in university. According to René van der Veer (2007) in this book, Lev Vygotsky, Vygotsky’s religious upbringing had an effect on his quality of life and papers that he wrote in his lifetime. His Jewish background, though secular in nature, tended to lean toward negative in his university…

development and leads it...” said Lev Vygotsky. Who is Lev Vygotsky? Lev Vygotsky is a theorist on Child Development. Lev Vygotsky has made a difference on the way of thinking. On November 17th, 1896 a baby boy was born. His name was Lev Vygotsky. He was born in the city of Orsha. Orsha is in the western region of the Russian Empire. Lev Vygotsky died on June 11th, 1934. He attended Moscow State University and graduated with a degree in law, in 1917. Though Vygotsky had a degree in law, his…

Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are two of the most recognized psychologists known to man. These men developed theories that addressed the way people think and the way that children in a classroom learn. College students learn early on in their field of study of Piaget and Vygotsky and their attributes to education. Piaget believed that cognitive development was comprehensive, while Vygotsky did not agree with him. Vygotsky thought of cognitive development rather how a child learns and develops…

Imaginative and creative play are often undervalued but the positive impact they have on the cognitive development of children has been well documented. The relationship between imagination and creativity in play has been studied in depth, probably most notably by Lev Vygotsky. In 1990, he theorised that the imagination serves as the crucial aspect of all human creative activity and that imagination is a function that is essential to life. He denotes that this creative behaviour “makes the…

Approaches and methods to teaching have been greatly influenced by the conducted research of Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget. Both of these psychologists have contributed to the field of education by offering explanations for children 's cognitive abilities and learning styles. While Vyotsky and Piaget may differ on how they view cognitive development in children, both of them offer good proposals on how to teach certain material in a developmentally appropriate manner and in a fitting way. Piaget…

order to study the mind. Among these views is the cultural-historical view, which uses cultural and social interactions to explain cognitive development. This view, founded by Lev Vygotsky, provided a revolutionary new perspective on learning and cognitive development which is still used today in order to teach children. The unique circumstances which Lev Vygotsky faced in his allowed allowed him to produce many new and effective theorems on cultural-historical psychology. Lev Vygotsky was born…