Answer to Question #223229 in English for Palesa

Question

Discuss in your own words why reading is important, particularly in the early

years of a child’s development.

Do you agree that social and contextual factors place constraints on children’s

reading? Indicate “yes” or “no” and substantiate your answer.

Vygotsky uses the socio-cultural approach to understand the cognitive development of a child. Explain the foundational role of social interaction on a child’s cognitive development.

Answer 1

 Vygotsky's Cognitive Development Theory argues that cognitive abilities are socially guided and constructed. As such, culture serves as a mediator for the formation and development of specific abilities, such as learning, memory, attention, and problem solving. Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of human learning describes learning as a social process and the origination of human intelligence in society or culture. Vygotsky believed everything is learned on two levels. First, through interaction with others, and then integrated into the individual's mental structure. Lev Vygotsky was a seminal Russian psychologist who is best known for his sociocultural theory. He believed that social interaction plays a critical role in children's learning. Through such social interactions, children go through a continuous process of learning. Vygotsky's sociocultural theory asserts that learning is an essentially social process in which the support of parents, caregivers, peers and the wider society and culture plays a crucial role in the development of higher psychological functions.