How do Roy's "amazing feedback loops" demonstrate
scaffolding or the zone of proximal development?
Think of a time you learned a new schema. How did
scaffolding support your learning, and how did you know
that you were becoming more competent?
How does the concept of scaffolding as it relates to the
zone of proximal development apply to any of the
following programmatic themes? You may want to review
the
Programmatic Themes PDF
document.
Hello,
In the video, Roy broke down his experience with how his son came to understand language.
Roy’s “amazing feedback loops” demonstrates scaffolding by showing some of the data in regard
to Roy and his family and their guidance of the child’s language. More specifically, the example
given by Roy that supports this process is the “water” audio clips of his child progressing to the
word. Through scaffolding and the social interactions, the child has, he was able to learn the
word water and its association.
When I was in high school, I took French for three years which sadly, I’ve forgotten most of it.
However, at first it was overwhelming because of not being able to understand anything in the
text or verbally. Gradually, with the support of my teacher I was able to understand the basics by
the end of the year. I knew I was becoming more competent because I could take the basics and
decipher other words in the language. Also, by the next two years I was able to read and learn
from the text which made studying easier.
The concept of scaffolding as it relates to the zone of proximal development applies to many
themes. The one theme that it applies best to me is Ethics. The code of ethics is similar to a set of
rules of the world in that they help guide us. Ethics is instructed almost everywhere schools,
business, etc. Having these instructors (parents, boss, peers) demonstrate ethics helps an
individual develop their own code of ethics for themselves.
Hey Telisa,
Great choice of example with Roy’s capture of his son’s first time taking multiple steps. In my
post I chose to talk about the audio clip of his son’s progression with the word water. I think your
example demonstrates proximal development well. I had a similar experience with teachers in
school. Since we are there for majority of the day, teachers have a large impact on our
progression. I think scaffolding fits into most of the programmatic themes but didn’t think too
much about career connections until you mentioned it. Nice work!
