Describe and assess the following
How earlier life experiences might had affected your academic performance and relationships with your teachers and other adults in your life during adolescence.
To the writer, for b.) please use the following information to construct half a page and provide information about the same pseudo adolescent age (13-18). Do not rewrite the information provide in the red, I want the information rewritten in the answer for question b.)above:
Lev Vygotsky’s theory of development centered around social interactions between the child and peers, teachers, parents, and their culture. Historically, Vygotsky’s work was the basis of Sociocultural theory (or Socio-historical theory). Vygotsky’s theory focused on six assumptions about children and how they develop.
• Adults share meaning with children about how they see the world. Adults share their cultural norms, describe history from their viewpoint, and describe local events. Learning is tied to where the child is living.
• Children learn through their culture’s physically and mentally available tools. Cultures have different tools for doing physical jobs like scissors or kitchen tools and have acquired different mental tools as well. Different cultures use different symbols, languages, and representational tools to acquire knowledge.
• Thoughts and language are closely connected for children and adults. Thoughts and language for infants and toddlers is a separate process that merges between 2-3 years of age. He believed cognitive development happened as language was assimilated into the brain to one’s identity.
• Difficult mental activities begin with social interactions and then internalize as independent mental activities.
• Children can accomplish difficult things when helped by a more competent peer. Vygotsky called this a more knowledgeable other (MKO), and could be a teacher, peer, parent, or anyone who can support the child just enough until they can achieve the more difficult task to an independent level.
• Challenging tasks promote growth. Children can work within their zone of proximal development (ZPD) to achieve growth. It is usually just a little more than they can do alone and should work with peers or an MKO within their ZPD.
