CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A contemporary application of Vygotsky’s theories is “reciprocal teaching, ” used to improve students’ ability to learn from text. In this method, teacher and students collaborate in learning and practicing four key skills: summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, a child might be shown pennies to represent each sound in a word (e.g., three pennies for the three sounds in “man”). To master this word, the child might be asked to place a penny on the table to show each sound in a word, and finally the child might identify the sounds without the pennies.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, when infants are learning how to walk, they often start by holding onto the clothes or hands of an adult or older child, who guides them. The infant will continue to do this until they have enough skills and strength to walk on their own.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vygotsky’s theory suggests that each stage builds upon the previous ones, and he believed that adults learn from observing children. He also believed that children learn through play, and that play is a form of sociocultural learning. His work has become an integral part of contemporary psychology.