An Introduction to Using Vygotsky Scaffolding in the Classroom

If you’re new to the field of teaching, it’s important to know the ways in which students learn and the ways in which their brains develop. Effective teaching involves a careful knowledge of the specific students you teach and where they are on their learning journey. Depending on what subject you teach, you should have a clear idea of what knowledge and skills your students should be able to clearly grasp by the time they have come to the end of your class. When you know where your students are in relation to those expectations and compare where they’re at with those expectations, you can begin to formulate some ideas on how to get your students to where they need to be. If not, however, it’s okay because many important thinkers and psychologists in the realm of education have studied the ways students learn and developed theories that are very helpful to educators on what strategies to take in order to help a student learn. One of those theories came from Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, and it’s a theory that is especially helpful for teachers in the classroom. Vygotsky was a leading psychologist in the area of cognitive development. His theory of cognitive development focused on the social aspect of learning and the need for support in the learning process.

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