What is the difference between Vygotsky’s and Piaget’s theories of child development?
I know that most people say that Piaget deals with the individual, and Vygotsky deals with society, but are there any other differences? Specifically, are there any differences in how the child receives information? Is the child passive or active? Does the child have any innate intelligence?
There are other differences, while piaget was an organismic theorist, more on the side of genetic and biological factors, and Vygotsky is more to the social interaction side. Piaget’s work was bassed on stages of what a child would behave like from birth to through teens, Vygotsky had acutual concepts on what a child would behave like in a sitution, for example scaffolding is when a teacher uses a technique and gives the student anly what they need to solve the problem and no more help.
November 21st, 2009 at 1:47 am
There are other differences, while piaget was an organismic theorist, more on the side of genetic and biological factors, and Vygotsky is more to the social interaction side. Piaget’s work was bassed on stages of what a child would behave like from birth to through teens, Vygotsky had acutual concepts on what a child would behave like in a sitution, for example scaffolding is when a teacher uses a technique and gives the student anly what they need to solve the problem and no more help.
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