Learning_Theories_W4

Unit 4

SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORIES

The socio-cultural theory created by Lev Vygotsky, from 1896 to 1934 in Russia, highlights the importance of learning, primarily through social and cultural relationships. It is a logical process of acquiring new knowledge of people with those that coexist.The theory states that an individual cannot learn without a social and cultural environment, where they acquire a way of life through their own experiences. The socio-cultural environment is essential to the learning process.

Teaching Models Based on Socio-cultural Theory

Learning Principles

Characteristics of Cognitive Theories

The educational field adopts the socio-cultural theory that emerges in psychology from the proposals it develops around learning. At present, there is great interest in the elements that Vygotsky contributes, with philosophical and scientific foundations that contribute significantly to psychology and education.He had a great understanding of the society of his time. His contributions are still helpful in the new educational models. Let us not forget that his works are directly related to historical and dialectical materialism, which allowed him to consider education based on a psychological theory.

Main Concepts

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The Student

The Teacher

The teaching model

The socio-cultural Paradigm

Learning principles derived from Socio-cultural theories

New educational models are based on socio-cultural theory, because they consider the socio-cultural and psychological development of the individual. They use mediators, which are the teachers, who help students solve problems, taking them to the area of proximal development, where they take responsibility for their learning and evaluate themselves.Keep in mind that no learning model is based on a single theory- other theories complement it. However, a socio-cultural learning model is based on the psychological and cultural development of the individual, taking into account reflection and, above all, their interests and experience.

Teaching Models Cased on Cognitive Theories Proposals

Characteristics of Socio-culrutal Theories

Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory takes into account genetics. It starts from the origin of the psychological aspects of human beings, and is considered one of the main theories contributing to the relationship between thought and language. For the personality to develop normally, we must connect our thinking with what we say.Unfortunately, this situation is not uncommon. An individual will think of one thing and transmit a different message, which affects the individual, and his environment. In other words, we say one thing and do another, altering our personal life.Pedagogy is not exempt from this situation, which from the educational and psychological point of view, generates alterations that affect everything. They interfere with understanding ourselves and the society we belong to, and modifying the potential of the mental functions that hinder the acquisition of new knowledge.CHARACTERISTICS OF COGNITIVE THEORIES

Zone of proximal development

Cultural and psychological development

Higher psychological functions

Main concepts