VIGOSTSKY’S PHILOSOPHY MARIA ALEXANDRA PEÑA

In the social development theory Vygotsky primarily explains that socialization affects the learning process in an individual. This means that when we talk to our peers or adults, we talk to them for the sake of communication. After we interact with other people, we tend to internalize what we uttered. The Social Development Theory includes three major concepts. These are comprised of the Role of Social Interaction in Cognitive Development, the More Knowledgeable Other and the Zone of Proximal Development. Role of Social Interaction in Cognitive Development social interaction has a vital role in the cognitive development process; Vygotsky argues that social learning comes first before development. Through the Social Development Theory, Vygotsky states that the cultural development of a child is firstly on the social level called interpsychological, and secondly on the individual or personal level called intrapsychological. The Zone of Proximal Development is the distance between what is known and what is unknown by the learner. It is the difference between the ability of learner to performer a specific task under the guidance of his MKO and the learner`s ability to do that task independently. Basically, the theory explains that learning occurs in ZPD. In conclusion the context is central and social interaction becomes the engine of development potential. Learning and development are two processes interact. Learning occurs more readily in group work and interaction with parents facilitates learning. Constructivism considers active subject, build their own learning stimuli from the social environment by an agent and by language. So we learn from the students as the students learn from us.