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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VYGOTSKY AND PIAGET'S THEORY - Coggle Diagram
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VYGOTSKY AND PIAGET'S THEORY
Vygotsky's theory
Defining Characteristics
Social interaction, Zone of Proximal development, learning drives development
Endpoints
Learn how to think
Mechanisms of change
Scalffholding, social interactions, cultural development and internalization
Role of students
Interacting with instructor , peers and socio-cultural environment to solve problems.
Role of language
Major
Teaching implications
Establish opportunities for children to learn with the teacher and more skilled peers.
Piaget's theory
Defining characteristics
Stages, development drives learning, learner centered
Mechanisms of change
Innate development, stages, assimilation, accommodation and equilibration.
Role of students
Actively manipulates objects, continually invents knowledge through interaction with the world.
Teaching implications
Support their children to explore their world and discover their knowledge.
Role of language
Minimal
Endpoints
Hypothetically everyone can reach the endpoint
PIAGET
Little emphasis
Cognitive constructivist
VYGOTSKY
Strong emphasis
Social constructivist