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Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding and Teaching Practice

open access: yesКультурно-историческая психология, 2020
The construction of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) in the context of teaching activity is discussed in the paper.ZPD is compared and contrasted with the concept of scaffolding as introduced by Jerome Bruner.
Margolis A.A.
doaj   +1 more source

What Can K–12 Education Teach College Professors?

open access: yes
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Michael P. Marchetti
wiley   +1 more source

Identity Play: Middle School Youths' Provisional Self‐Making in Horizon‐Expanding STEM Spaces

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces identity play as an analytic construct for science education to explore improvisational dimensions of middle school students' STEM identity development in multiple out‐of‐school learning experiences focused on environmental problem‐solving.
Heidi B. Carlone, Alison K. Mercier
wiley   +1 more source

'Becoming experts': learning through mediation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Purpose – This study is largely founded on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, Feuerstein’s theory of Mediated Learning Experience and Lave and Wenger’s ‘community of practice’, which concerned building a community of learners that places mediation as ...
Abdul Rahim, Fauziah   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Vygotsky’s “Height Psychology”: Reenvisioning General Psychology in Dialogue With the Humanities and the Arts

open access: yes, 2020
The legacy of Russian psychologist Lev Semenovich Vygotsky is most closely associated with the cultural-historical paradigm and, in the West, has found its most extensive application in contemporary developmental and educational psychology.
J. Vassilieva, E. Zavershneva
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Why Do They Do What They Do? A Model That Describes and Connects the Drivers of Learning Assistant Facilitation Practices

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Learning assistants (LAs) help implement evidence‐based teaching in undergraduate active‐learning courses and support student learning through their facilitation. Here, we present a drivers‐of‐LA‐action model with empirical evidence that connects across the macro level of LA‐supported course design and the micro level of LA‐student ...
Nicolette M. Maggiore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolated learners from diverse language backgrounds in the mainstream primary classroom: A sociocultural perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper focuses on the linguistic and cultural (‘languaculture’, Agar, 1994) challenges faced by learners from diverse language backgrounds (DLB) in New Zealand schools.
Barnard, Roger
core   +1 more source

Sliding Doors: Frame Uptake and Rejection by Learners in a Museum‐Based Climate Learning Experience

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed
Lynne Zummo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preservice Teachers' Professional Development for Implementing Differentiated Instruction in Science Education: An Embedded Case Study

open access: yesJournal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study explored how a professional development program for differentiated instruction in science education supported change in preservice teachers, following the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth by Clarke and Hollingsworth. Among eight preservice teachers, a self‐report questionnaire (pre and post) and reflective logbooks
Tessa Slim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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