Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0948 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Constructivism and Vygotsky in the Classroom
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The idea
Constructivism, from Piaget, holds that students actively build knowledge through experience; Vygotsky's theory adds learning through guided interaction in the zone of proximal development.
In practice
A teacher offering hints as a student works through a problem she cannot yet solve alone.
Where people slip
In both views the teacher is a facilitator; scaffolding is the support, withdrawn as competence grows.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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