The Five Roles Of Piaget And Vygotsky

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One exciting thing about being a teacher is how you get to decide what you want to bring into your classroom. You also have many roles as a teacher, and I am looking forward to having all of these roles. Piaget and Vygotsky are both very famous psychologist who studied cognitive development. They have different views and opinions on what educators should do. There are certain roles I believe teachers should play, and I plan to compare Piaget and Vygotsky’s theories to come up with five roles I believe are important.
One role that I expect to play in my classroom as a teacher is being a great communicator. Being a communicator is someone who is skilled at conveying information to students, parents, and administration. I believe that it is important …show more content…

Being adaptable as a teacher is important because you have to be able to adjust to each students learning style. Every child learns differently, and it is important to be able to figure out which way your students learn best. By doing this it will help them reach their full potential in the classroom. I have had teachers before that are very adaptable to all their students learning types, and it has made their classrooms very successful. I plan to make the effort to reach out and learn each one of my students learning types, and then make lessons that help them learn best. Piaget believed that being able to adapt to the learners development level is a very important part of instruction. He thought it was also key to observe each child’s learning type to conduct lessons. Vygotsky’s views on being adaptable were similar to Piaget’s. He thought that when instructing you needed to put text into meaningful context to help students learn better. Adapting to your students helped with learning a new task, and as the student’s competence increased, the less adapting you had to do. My opinion on this is that you should always adapt to your students. I agree with Piaget that is important to observe your students to understand their learning. The one thing that I do not agree with Vygotsky is that is that after awhile you do not have to be as adaptable. I feel like it is important to always find ways to improve

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