CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In fact, Jerome Bruner, David Wood, and Gail Ross first used the term ‘scaffolding’ while applying Vygotsky’s concept of Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to diverse educational contexts.

Detailed explanation-2: -His Zone of Proximal Development theory, where we can learn more in the presence of a knowledgeable other person, became the template for Bruner’s model. Bruner believed that when children start to learn new concepts, they need help from teachers and other adults in the form of active support.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bruner and Vygotsky ’[Scaffolding] refers to the steps taken to reduce the degrees of freedom in carrying out some task so that the child can concentrate on the difficult skill she is in the process of acquiring’ (Bruner, 1978, p. 19).

Detailed explanation-4: -The first formal definition of the term scaffolding was offered in 1976 by Jerome Bruner and his associates who described it as a “process that enables the child or novice to solve a problem, carry out a task or achieve a goal which would be beyond his unassisted efforts” (p. 90).

Detailed explanation-5: -Vygotsky committed to his belief that instructional scaffolding and application of these scaffolds at the ZPD allowed for any child to successfully learn in any area. The activation process of the ZPD is initiated when content is taught just outside of the student’s current skill and knowledge level.