CHYS 3P11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Michael Tomasello, Active Child, Hominidae
6 Mar 2018
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Human behaviour is too complex to isolate, dissect and study in a vacuum. Cultures a ect the way students learn and the cultural expectations surrounding learning and teaching. Social interactions plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition. Consistent with bandoras social learning theory and key component of situated learning their and key component of situated learning the, but focus on cognitive development makes comparisons with piaget interesting. Learning is more than mirroring- it always involves learners creating their own representations of new information. Construction of knowledge occurs primarily in the childs interaction with. Unlike piaget, he believed that learning can lead development (mechanism) Like piaget he believed there were maturational prerequisites for certain learning. He assigned implications to helping children use strategies to further their intellectual capacities. Di erence between actual development as determined by independent problem solving, and whats possible with the supervision of an adult or in collaboration with more capable peers.
