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    Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1869 who developed sociocultural theory, which suggests that social interaction and cultural tools influence cognitive development. He believed that learning stimulates development and that children learn best when guided by more knowledgeable others. Vygotsky published several books in the 1930s on topics like language and social interaction but his ideas were not widely known until the 1970s. His major theories included the Zone of Proximal Development and Sociocultural Theory. Vygotsky explored topics in child development, education, and psychology before dying of tuberculosis at age 38.

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    Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1869 who developed sociocultural theory, which suggests that social interaction and cultural tools influence cognitive development. He believed that learning stimulates development and that children learn best when guided by more knowledgeable others. Vygotsky published several books in the 1930s on topics like language and social interaction but his ideas were not widely known until the 1970s. His major theories included the Zone of Proximal Development and Sociocultural Theory. Vygotsky explored topics in child development, education, and psychology before dying of tuberculosis at age 38.

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    Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist born in 1869 who developed sociocultural theory, which suggests that social interaction and cultural tools influence cognitive development. He believed that learning stimulates development and that children learn best when guided by more knowledgeable others. Vygotsky published several books in the 1930s on topics like language and social interaction but his ideas were not widely known until the 1970s. His major theories included the Zone of Proximal Development and Sociocultural Theory. Vygotsky explored topics in child development, education, and psychology before dying of tuberculosis at age 38.

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    Lev Vygotsky was born on November 17, 1869 to a middle-class Jewish family.

    The social-cultural constructivist was born in Orsha Russia (in what is now Belarus)
    in the same year as Piaget. He was the second oldest of 8 children. In 1924 he
    attended Psychological Institute of Moscow (1924-34) where he became a major
    figure there and carried out research into the role of social and cultural factors in
    learning and development. The Russian psychologist's life was cut tragically short in
    1934, when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 38.
    Vygotsky is best known for being an educational psychologist with a sociocultural
    theory. This theory suggests that social interaction leads to continuous step-by-step
    changes in childrens thought and behavior that can vary greatly from culture to
    culture. Basically, he believed that development depends on interaction with people
    and the tools that the culture provides to help form their own view of the world
    (Gallagher, 1999).
    Vygotsky believed that knowledge "is not generated from within; rather, learning
    stimulates and leads development" (Kostelnik, Soderman and Whiren, 2011, pg.
    274). He believed that children learn best when adults are able to help scaffold
    children though higher-level thinking. That through culture and social interaction
    collaboratively guides cognitive development (Kostelnik, Soderman and Whiren,
    2011, pg. 274).
    Over the course of Vygotskys short life, he published six books on psychology
    topics over the course of ten years. Most covered the influence of language, culture,
    and social interaction on children's learning. Although Vygotsky introduced his ideas
    in the 1930s, they remained virtually unknown until the 1970s. It wasnt until then
    when they became a central component of the development of new paradigms in
    developmental and educational psychology.
    His interest were quite diverse, they often centered on topics of child
    development and education. He also explored such topics as the psychology of art
    and language. Two of Vygotskys major theories included Zone of Proximal
    Development (ZPD) and Sociocultural Theory. These two major theories will be
    discussed in this presentation.
    Questions
    1) After reading about Vygotsky and this theories, do you feel that they align to
    your idea of education in the early childhood classroom?
    Resources
    Gallagher, C. (1999, May 1). Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky. Retrieved February 10,
    2015, from http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/vygotsky.htm
    Kostelnik, M., Soderman, A. & Phipps Whiren, A. (2011). Developmentally
    Appropriate Curriculum. New
    Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
    Lev Vygotsky. (n.d.). Retrieved February 9, 2015, from
    http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Lev_Vygotsky

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