Vigotsky and ZPD

Zone of proximal development

One essential tenet in Vygotsky's theory is the notion of the existence of what he called the "zone of proximal development". Zone of proximal development is the difference between the child's capacity to solve problems on his own, and his capacity to solve them with assistance. In other words, the actual developmental level refers to all the functions and activities that a child can perform on his own, independently without the help of anyone else. On the other hand, the zone of proximal development includes all the functions and activities that a child or a learner can perform only with the assistance of someone else. The person in this scaffolding process, providing non-intrusive intervention, could be an adult (parent, teacher, caretaker, language instructor) or another peer who has already mastered that particular function.

An interesting analogy comes to my mind when I think of zone of proximal development. In mechanics, when you adjust the timing of an engine, you set it slightly ahead of the highest compression moment in order to maximize power and performance.

Vygotsky's zone of proximal development has many implications for those in the educational milieu. One of them is the idea that human learning presupposes a specific social nature and is part of a process by which children grow into the intellectual life of those around them (Vygotsky, 1978). According to Vygotsky (1978), an essential feature of learning is that it awakens a variety of internal developmental processes that are able to operate only when the child is in the action of interacting with people in his environment and in cooperation with his peers.

Therefore, when it comes to language learning, the authenticity of the environment and the affinity between its participants are essential elements to make the learner feel part of this environment. These elements are rarely predominant in conventional classrooms.

This is a slice of I want to keep learning at college and in my life, I've already tried to make it real as a teacher, and it has been worked! I don't know why it has fascinated me so much, maybe it's because I could cope theory with practice, and that's amazing. His experience in knowledge is amazing, and amazes everybody who really wants to be a teacher or a professor, Thank You, Professor Daniela for this wonderful experience, and I see how you deal with us using this approach .

Marketing

Marketing To Children

It's really common, to see little kids who sometimes don't even know how to spell " I want ", trying to get their parents to buy them something . It can be, toys, food, school supplies, and things like these.
However, how these little and lovely angels, start doing such a thing ? By Nagging!
I've found a whole industry, with a lot of tools.
When we see a kid nagging , the first thought, is to feel shamed by the parent, and say " I'd never , ever let allow my son to do it, but who has never nagged? and how do children do it?
Children's Advertisement , has some special tools to get sucessed on what they are trying to pursue .
Does it Work? Is it a fair way to get more and more sales all over the world ? Do kids know how to get money? how a company works?
In the following video, we can see how marketing for kids works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-KwCNOg0qs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2






Let's watch a video from Lego Ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olUDVSUBaMs





Some tools used to get children's attention :


* action
* Colorful Toys
* There's a song to make it more interesting
* 3d Images

We Know that when you buy these produtcs, they don't come with music, 3d images.
But this is how it's been sold all over the years.
We live in a capistalism system, nowadays is much better" to have" than to be , and we can see where it has begun, in a world that parents don't have time to their children, so they prefer just agree and let them get what they want for not feeling guilty inside.
The Answer for that is pretty simple, being a parent is not enough, kids nag, beg but for boundries. So We are the ones who know what's better for our little babies and show them that wonderland sometimes is all in our minds.