Sociocultural Approach

SOCIOCULTURAL THEORIES OF LEARNING

Beata Godejord "Moodle" som verktøy for læring tilknyttet pedagogikkundervisningen Nesna University College, 2008

social vacuum

learning

Learning does not occur in a social vacuum

Each of us is a member

of a social group

Learning happens through children’s participation in social settings

We usualy

belong to various groups

Learning is about socially distributed cognition

Each social setting

develops

specific culture

norms

symbols

values

Social interactions are influenced by cultural norms Social communication is mediated by cultural symbols Social behaviour is subject to cultural systems of values

Society and culture are unseparable

Each of us tends to be

socially and culturally inprinted

Each classroom is

a social and cultural setting

Each learning process is realised

through social and cultural practices

References: •

Daniels H. (2002), Vygotsky and Pedagogy

•

Mayard A.E., Martini M.I. (2005), Learning in Cultural Context