Open AccessApplication of Lev Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Approach to Foster Students’ Understanding and Learning Performance
Author(s) -
Mammy Helou,
Ed.D Linda K. Newsome
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of education and culture studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2573-041X
pISSN - 2573-0401
DOI - 10.22158/jecs.v2n4p347
Subject(s) - experiential learning , sociocultural evolution , psychology , mathematics education , presentation (obstetrics) , pedagogy , salient , sociology , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , anthropology , radiology
The current study endeavours to explore the application of the Vygotskian sociocultural approach to students’ cognitive development, particularly as related to the employment of experiential and peer learning, from both teacher and student perspectives. This is followed by a discussion of the inferences made in relation to the contributions of experiential and peer learning as salient educational delivery modes. As such, a presentation of teachers’ recounts about learning to teach, and students’ reflections on teaching to learn are provided. Finally, the current study concludes with: 1) Insightful erudition learning and teaching curves impacting students’ performance, retention and progression; and 2) Directions for future research in the area.