PIAGET AND VYGOTSKY

Vygotsky worked on his theory around the same time as

Piaget in between the 30’s but they had clear differences
in their views about cognitive development.
PIAGET VYGOTSKY
MORE INDIVIDUAL IN FOCUS MORE SOCIAL IN FOCUS DID NOT
BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PROPOSE BUT EMPHASIZED ON
UNIVERSAL COGNITIVE CULTURAL FACTORS IN COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
DID NOT GIVE MUCH EMPAHSIS ON STRESSED THE ROLE OF LANGAUGE
LANGUAGE IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INTERACTION- FOCUSED HEAVILY ON HOW
AN INDIVIDUAL’S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
VYGOTSKY EMPHASIZED THAT EFFECTIVE
LEARNING HAPPENS THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, MAKING THE SOCIAL CONTEXT
OF LEARNING CRUCIAL PARENTS, TAECHERS AND
OTHER ADULTS LEARNERS ENVIRONMENT ALL
CONTRIBUTE ON THE PROCESS.
CULTURAL FACTORY- VYGOTSKY BELIEVE IN THE
CRUCIAL ROLE THAT CULTURE PALYED ON THE
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF
DEVELOPMENT.PIAGET BELIEVE THAT AS THE
CHILD DEVELOPS AND MATURE, HE GOES
THROUGH UNIVERSAL STAGES OF COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT THAT ALLOW HIM TOMOVE FROM
SIMPLE EXPLORATION WITH SENSES AND
MUSCLES TO COMPLEXES REASONING.
LANGAUGE- LANGUAGE OPENS THE DOOR FOR
LEARNERS TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE THAT
OTHERS ALREADY HAVE. LEARNERS CAN USE
LANGUAGE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE
WORLD AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. LANGUAGE
SERVES A SOCIAL FUNCTIONS BUT IT ALSO HAS
IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL FUNCTION. IT HELPS THE
LEARNER TO REGULATE AND REFLECT ON HOS
OWN THINKING . EXS. OF CHILD’N TALKS:
“GAGAWIN KO ITONG AIRPLANE( HOLDING A
RECTANGULAR BLOCK), TAPOS ITO ANG
AIRPORT” (HOLDING TWOLONG BLOCKS).” FOR
VYGOTSK, “THIS TALKING-TO-ONESELF” IS AN
INDICATION OF THE THINKING THAT GOES ON IN
THE MIND OF THE CHILD. PRIVATE SPEECH- IS A
FORMOF SELF-TALK THAT GUIDES THAE CHILD’S
THINKING AND ACTION.