Edited by Jonathan Vernon, Sunday, 4 May 2014, 07:51
If I wished to define the way I lead, or teach it would be this:
As Vygotsky put it:
'The gardener affects the germination of his flowers by increasing the temperature, regulating the moisture, varying the relative position of neighboring plants, and selecting and mixing soils and fertilizer, i.e. once again, indirectly, by making appropriate changed in the environment. Thus it is that the teacher educates the student by varying the environment'. Vygotsky 1926 (Kindle location 1129)
And further on he says:
'The basic rule is that before imparting new knowledge to the child and before fostering a new reaction in him, we must be sure to prepare the ground for it i.e. arouse the appropriate interest. For an analogy, just think how we loosen the soil before planting seeds'. (Kindle location 1755)
Is this an e-reader location system? Page numbers no longer exists ... my world of reading books with pages numbers ended a week ago!
Vygotsky and the need to nurture in education
If I wished to define the way I lead, or teach it would be this:
As Vygotsky put it:
'The gardener affects the germination of his flowers by increasing the temperature, regulating the moisture, varying the relative position of neighboring plants, and selecting and mixing soils and fertilizer, i.e. once again, indirectly, by making appropriate changed in the environment. Thus it is that the teacher educates the student by varying the environment'. Vygotsky 1926 (Kindle location 1129)
And further on he says:
'The basic rule is that before imparting new knowledge to the child and before fostering a new reaction in him, we must be sure to prepare the ground for it i.e. arouse the appropriate interest. For an analogy, just think how we loosen the soil before planting seeds'. (Kindle location 1755)
Is this an e-reader location system? Page numbers no longer exists ... my world of reading books with pages numbers ended a week ago!