Human Growth and Development / Unit 5 HGD 0632 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The More Knowledgeable Other
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The idea
For Vygotsky, the zone of proximal development holds tasks a child can do with a more knowledgeable other but not yet alone.
In practice
An older sister guiding a four-year-old through a puzzle the child could not finish alone.
Where people slip
Vygotsky stressed potential, not only mastered skills. He did not use the word scaffolding; later researchers applied that metaphor to his idea.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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