Vygotsky's Theory Of Social Development

I grew up in a very loving household. Most of my teachers in elementary school were sweet and patient. They often encouraged me to try things independently but were there to help similar to Vygotsky’s theory of social development. I have an older brother and when we were growing up I wanted to do everything he did. He is two and a half years older than me and was not interested in showing his little sister how to do an ollie on a skateboard or how to jump off a curb on a scooter. So the result of not having my brother, who would be the more knowledgeable other in this scenario, to teach me the steps in learning how to use a skate board I never really learned how to do these tasks and ended up with scrapes and bruises. Reading the theories in the text book really made me appreciate the hard work all my teachers had put in and now I know to be super thankful for my daughter’s

I remember learning about it briefly in a child development course I took years ago. I didn’t remember the outcomes of those stages (hope, will, purpose... etc). I loved comparing biblical views to this developmental theories. I look back and think of times where I was let down as a child so at times I was without full hope and without a full purpose and as soon as I let God into my life, He gave me those things. It was reassuring to look back and see how God can provide for us when the world lets us down. The early stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is familiar to me today because of my recent job as a preschool teacher. Seeing the different stages of sensorimotor and preoperational thought and how at each stage the child is learning through exploring their environment. My daughter is beginning to enter into the concrete operational stage so I am excited to see her learning expand. I think taking a look back over the course it amazes me how perfectly complex God created our development to