CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The interactionist approach (sociocultural theory) combines ideas from sociology and biology to explain how language is developed. According to this theory, children learn language out of a desire to communicate with the world around them. Language emerges from, and is dependent upon, social interaction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social interactionist theory (SIT) is an explanation of language development emphasizing the role of social interaction between the developing child and linguistically knowledgeable adults. It is based largely on the socio-cultural theories of Soviet psychologist, Lev Vygotsky.

Detailed explanation-3: -The interactionist/social theory proposes that language exists for the purpose of communication and can only be learned in the context of interaction with adults and other children. It stresses the importance of the environment and culture in which the language is being learned.

Detailed explanation-4: -Piaget tied the role of language in the development of conceptual and logical understandings. He made language an integral part of his ideas on intellectual development. Piaget linked the role of social interaction in intellectual development to the role of language.