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Here is an audio clip for Week 4 of my E-Learning course. :) Enjoy.

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The following was originally published July 7, 2011 at http://dreaminguni.blogspot.com/2011/07/vygotsky.html I have been reading up on Vygotsky for this weeks activities. It was more complicated then I originally thought it would be, due to the fact that I had to try and find a PMI in this flood of information. I had to read a lot to try and get a general idea of his different theories and ideas. It was fascinating how he explained the learning development of a child.

It also made perfect sense, for example. If a child just got the training wheels taken off their new bike, and they jumped on without help. I can safely tell you they will not be able to balance properly and will quickly end up on the ground. They might be able to master the bicycle after a lot of trial and error, but it would take time. That would be an example of Piaget's discovery learning.

Another way to learn how to master the bicycle would be with a little help. An adult will usually hold onto the bike while you learn to balance, they would tell you to pedal and you learn to ride a lot faster then you would if you had tried on your own. This way of learning would be Vygotsky's, the Zone of Proximal Development.

All in all I learnt that our culture, society, peers, parents and adults start our learning development. Language also plays a large role in Vygotsky's theories he believe's that by communicating and discussing idea's, subjects and information, we can learn a lot fast than if we were trying to learn alone.



E-Learning.