Lev Vygotsky

Knowledge is Knowledge is a
socially and product of
culturally human
constructed interaction
Social
Constructivism

Student
learning Teacher’s as
depends on facilitator/role
prior model
knowledge
 Explanations
• Emphasizes the importance of culture and context in understanding
what occurs in society and constructing knowledge based on this
understanding.

• Lev Vygotsky also introduces Zone Proximal Development (ZPD) and

scaffolding.

• ZPD : ZPD concentrates on what a learner can do by themselves

versus what they can do with the help of someone else.

• Scaffolding : Changing the level of support to meet the ability of the

student. Continuous guidance to the students until achive the learning
objective.