Vygotsky's Socio-Cultural Theory
Vygotsky's Socio-Cultural Theory
CULTURAL THEORY
Zone of Proximal development
Scaffolding to facilitate
learning
• The key theme of Vygotsky’s
theory is that social interaction
plays a very important role in
the cognitive development.
• He believed that individual
development could not be
understood without looking into
the social and cultural context
within which development
happens.
• Scaffolding term is the
appropriate assistance given by
the teacher to assist the learner
accomplish a task.
• When Vygotsky was a young
boy
• Recognize Social interaction
and language as two central
factors in cognitive
development
• And now became as Socio-
cultural theory of develpoment
Social Interaction