PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Cognitive Theory, Moscow State University, Lev Vygotsky
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Purple = what learner requires help with in order tocomplete a task. Teacher does not always have to be the one that assists in the zone: it could be a peer, etc. a social / cognitive theory. A private tutor educated him during his earliest years before he entered a jewish high school. He was later admitted to the university of moscow via a lottery system. Simultaneously studied history and philosophy at shaniavsky university while studying law at moscow university. After graduating from the two universities in 1917, he began teaching in a state school at. Vygotsky became interested in psychology in 1924. He pioneered research and ideas in developmental psychology and education that still seem fresh and current (that we continue to use today) Vygotsky has been described as the mozart of psychology: because what his ideas did were a blend between different kinds of disciplines. Educational applications: the zone of proximal growth and scaffolding.
