Scaffolding
Scaffolding
Malik
Scaffolding
Seminar 3
Scaffolding
Learning Outcome
By the end of this topic you should be able to:
What is this ?
Define Scaffolding:
“as the temporary but essential nature of the mentor’s
assistance in supporting learners to carry out tasks
successfully. ”
Why Temporary?
Scaffolding
Highly
Individualized
Teaching &
Learning
Research –
based Ongoing
curriculum, Assessment
teaching &
learning
Scaffolding
Scaffolding therefore is not only teacher support
but assistance that is designed to help learners to
work with increasing independence to know not
only what to think and do, but how to think and
do, so that new skills and understandings can be
applied in new contexts.
Scaffolding
Demand of
Curriculum
the specific
area
task
Distinguishing Scaffolding from
other Kinds of Teaching and
Learning
1. Students could not succeed without the
teacher’s intervention.
2. The teacher aims for some new level of
independent competence on the
students’part.
3. The teacher has the learning of some specific
skill or concept in mind.
4. There must be evidence of students
successfully completing the particular task at
hand.
5. There must also be evidence that learners
are now able to go on to deal independently
with subsequent related tasks or problems.
5 Components of
scaffolding
Selecting the activity in whch guidance
takes place
Deciding the goals of the activity
Establishing bridges between what the
young child knows and what the adult
wants to introduce
Ensure the child attains independent
functioning
Communicate in various approaches
How Do we Scaffold Young
Children
Class Discussion :
Discuss in general how you tried scaffolding in class.
Could you have done it better to get a better result?
Scaffolding & Vygotsky Theory
Tool Mediation
Social Mediation
learning
Guided learning Internalisation
Intersubjectivity
Active position of
Independent learning the child in learning
Let’s watch this video on Zone of Proximal
Development ( Video 2)
Effective Scaffolding to
Achieve Zone of Proximal
1.
Development
The nature of the dialogue should allow
knowledge to be co-constructed.
2. The significance of the activity
3. The role of the material used
to mediate the knowledge.
Scaffolding only Occurs
1. The student is able to carry out the task
which they were not able to manage to
do before.
2. Intended to bring the the learner to a
state of competence which will enable
them to complete the task on their own
3. Evidence of greater level of
independent competence achieved.
Homework
Please read:-
“ Understanding Scaffolding and the ZPD in
Educational Research” – Irina Verenikina
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