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==Definition==
==Definition==
===contingent teaching===
===procedural facilitation vs. substantive facilitation===
==Scaffolding in instructional technologies==
==References==
* Vygotsky, L. S. (1924, reprinted 1997) Educational Psychology. CRC Press LLC, Florida, USA.
* Vygotsky, L. S. (1978) Mind in society: The development of higher mental processes (M. Cole, V.John-Steiner, S. Scribner, & E. Souberman, Eds.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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“(The educator) calls upon the services of powerful forces in the environment, directs them, and places them in the service of education.”

“Education is realized through the student’s own experience, which is wholly determined by the environment, and the role of the teacher (tutor) then reduces to directing and guiding the environment.” (Vygotsky, 1926, 1997 p. 50)

Definition

contingent teaching

procedural facilitation vs. substantive facilitation

Scaffolding in instructional technologies

References

  • Vygotsky, L. S. (1924, reprinted 1997) Educational Psychology. CRC Press LLC, Florida, USA.
  • Vygotsky, L. S. (1978) Mind in society: The development of higher mental processes (M. Cole, V.John-Steiner, S. Scribner, & E. Souberman, Eds.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.