EDPS 530 Advanced Educational Psychology Prof' Samarapungavan

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EDPS 530 Advanced Educational Psychology(Prof.
Samarapungavan)

• Social Constructivist Approaches to Cognitive
  Development

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Social Constructivism Vygotskys Theory

• Complex thought originates in social activity
  with adults peers
• Development by Internalization
• Child to moves from socially supported to
  independent performance by internalizing shared
  experience

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Vygotsky Relation Between Thought Language

• Language Tool for internalizing higher-order
  thought self-regulation
• Self talk (talking out loud to self)
• Inner speech (mental self-talk)

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Social Support the Zone of Proximal Development
(ZPD)

• Children perform at higher level when supported
  through interaction with more advanced
  individuals
• Actual vs. Potential level of development
• Actual What children can do on their own
• Potential What children can do with support
  help
• ZPD Area between actual potential levels

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Classroom Applications Guided Participation
/Apprenticeship Model

• Modeling - First the teacher models all or part
  of a task for the learner
• Scaffolding - Then the teacher lets the learner
  perform a part of the task while providing hints,
  guidance, and support
• Fading - gradually the teacher starts to withdraw
  the hints and support letting the child take over
  the task entirely and independently

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Classroom Applications

• Collaborative learning
• Peer tutoring reciprocal teaching

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Social Constructivist Perspectives on Language
Learnining

• Aspects of syntax development (grammatical rules)
  may be universal but many aspects of language are
  culture specific and constructed from social
  interaction
• Syntax Knowledge of grammatical rules
• Semantics (meaning) of words and sentences

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Language Learning Constructivist Perspectives

• Pragmatics Knowledge of social conventions for
  appropriate verbal interactions
• Metalinguistic knowledge E.g., knowledge of oral
  and written genres is also constructed and
  culture specific

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Semantics Constructing meaning - anaphora

• The book is on the table
• The spider is on the ceiling
• Try to be on time

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Teacher Is that your coat on the floor?

• Yes
• 4 year old

• Oops, Sorry!
• 10 year old

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