Piaget
1. Development is an individual process
2. knowledge comes from individual experience
3. Social interaction provides a means to disrupt equilibrium
4. Development cannot happen without direct experiences and interactions that disrupt the way we think.
Vgotsky
1. Development is a social process.
2. knowledge has been around thousands or years & must be taught
3. Social interaction, specific to culture & language, must be learned before it is internalized
4. Language & social interaction cause development.
1. learners actively construct knowledge
2. Social interaction is necessary
3. learning & dev. occur in stages - W/out a basic idea (or word) one cannot advance.
Learning Theories - Piaget vs Vygotsky
(author: Jennifer Guerra)
