EDUC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lev Vygotsky, Metacognition, Kindergarten
18 Oct 2018
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Children"s self-directed speech: vygotsky believes that language (self directed speech) is guiding their cognition, especially when it is a difficult task. Self directed speech happens when it is a moderately difficult task. Not too easy and not too hard: needs to be in your zdp. It"s your own scaffolding: this can be compared to when cruise ships tell the safety protocol. This should be given when the water is a bit rocky, not too rocky and not clear steady waters. Make-believe play: play in a abstract way, able to practice cultural observation (ex. Of children mimicking how moms hold babies within different cultures, rules/schemes of expectations of cultures: doctors office. Vygotsky and education: teacher: amount of instruction should be minimal, and practice should be a lot more, peer collaboration: Reciprocal teaching: higher order skills / abstract level functioning (abstract thinking, hypothesis) Students take turns each other"s progress: teacher and students take turns scaffolding: ex.
