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A 5 page overview of the theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotski. This paper explores the role of adults in a child’s cognitive development. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of these theories disagree about the role that adults play in that development. Some theorists contend that the role of the adult is critical in such things as language
development, for example, but others contend that this development will not only occur without that influence but that too much interference on the adults part might actually impede child development.
Two of the more interesting theorists in this question are Piaget and Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky (the anglicized version of this name being Bygotski).
Bygotsky explained the process of "scaffolding" as being the difference between what a child is capable of accomplishing on their own and what they can do with guidance.
This is the zone of proximal development, the range that exists between the childs developmental level and the tasks that that level allows and the tasks that can be
performed with the aid of a more accomplished individual. Scaffolding is a critical component of most aspects of child development. It is particularly interesting as it relates to
speech development. Bygotsky contended that language, culture, and thought were intimately connected, that culture facilitated language and language facilitated thought. Speech, of
course, develops in response to a childs interactions with others. This interaction can occur through a number of formats. Even play can be a critical format for language
acquisition. Play is often culture specific (Bruner, 1997). Along with teaching semantics, history, and customs, play teaches valuable lessons about the mores of the culture and the role
of the child in that culture (Bruner, 1997). Even in the more formal environment, of course, these same considerations come into play. In the absence of the parent
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