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This 6 page paper deals with the educational philosophies and theories of Lev Vygotsky. His ideas of scaffolding are discussed as well as practical applications to the modern classroom. Benefits and potential drawbacks discussed. Bibliography includes 6 sources.
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different meaning. Whereas one denotes someone concentrating intensely to get a task accomplished, the other was a complete way of training the human mind to learn and stand on its
own two feet. Dr. Vygotsky lived during the late eighteen hundreds until his early death in 1934. He did more than propose new ideas for educators and expound upon
ideas about the way in which a person learns. He was quite the well rounded scholar having many projects involved in various walks of life, including film, art, literature, science,
politics, psychology(Zone, 2002). His works on learning, however, can be said to have had the most profound and lasting influence, even a century after his birth. Though the political climate
in Russia sought to censure his ideas on education, his ideas were kept hidden and safely protected until they could be revived by some of his students. It can be
said that Vygotskys work has been a major foundational cornerstone for developmental psychology and has influenced educational reforms beyond his home country of Russia. Vygotskys Zone of Proximal Development, is
an idea that encourages the student to learn in cooperation with the teacher using socio-cultural contexts. Basically stated, a students zone is defined as that which the student is capable
of achieving either on his own, with the aid of a teacher, or with the help of another more accomplished peer.(Zone, 2002). The students success is decided and based upon his
or her ability to approach and solve a problem with little to no aid. At this point the scaffolding is not necessary. But what exactly is this scaffolding? Generally speaking,
the teacher is the primary scaffold. The concept being, of course, that a scaffold is that which provides a basic amount of support while something is under construction. The teacher,
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