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| Vygotsky's Theory-Social Constructivism |
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| Groups construct knowledge of one another to build up overall knowledge of group so that one can become a part of that group on many levels. |
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| Each culture has "set of tools" to help you interact within those group, ex is language. Many rules are implicit (not spoken) and environments are unsupportive |
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| Accumulated cultural knowledge and how they work give you power and capital. Can lead to social inequalities by limiting these tools to everyone else (education, wealth, opportunity, etc) |
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| Zone of Proximal Development |
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| Actual developmental level vs the potential development level. Problem solving skills determine current level and potential level developed by problem solving with higher level thought process usually with adult guidance or more capable peers |
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Assistance individual has in order to complete tasks that are not possibly by themselves.
Ex: teaching small steps fo writing a paper so they can eventually complete a whole paper. |
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| Self talk. As children become older, it becomes more of silent and internalized. |
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| Mentoring. Mentor/teacher shows how its done. |
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| Several individuals who are more experienced showing someone who is less experience to reach thier same level of understanding. |
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| How you understand vs Shared Representation is how the group understands. |
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