Vygotsky's Theory Of Imagination And Imagination

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Learners have shown that the acquisition of knowledge is a two-input contribution were an individual must strive to make sense of fresh information by actively implementing prior knowledge to be able to understand a new subject. The reason why no certainty can be entirely drawn from imagination or intuition is because both ways of knowing base off their processing of information in the same way; with the help of previous knowledge the mind has already acquired somewhere else. Therefore ideas and thoughts that claim to be born out of imagination and intuition turn out to be a mere hybrid interpretation of previously processed ideas. Intuition and imagination provide juxtaposition because even though they're supposed to be ideals defined by creativity …show more content…

Vygotsky's idea is the starting point for a theory of understanding which claims people construct their knowledge basing new information in the already existent hypotheses and ideas of the environment and memories of experiences that the treasure. This theory called "Constructivism" focuses in the way and the tools which people use to help themselves learn. The proposal states how knowledge is built, rather than sporadically materialized. Unless an individual has previously learned, even a little, about something, it would be impossible for them to come up with similar ideas entirely on their own without any of that known background. It helps explain one of the reasons as to why no concrete certainties come solely from imagination or intuition, because they are two ways of knowing that help an individual acquire experience and knowledge on …show more content…

The study of history is sometimes regarded as both an art and a science because it uses crude facts and pairs them up, on most cases, with intuition to create and accurate description of the past. In history, collection and verification of evidence must be approached with scientific foundations, or arguments that prove to be facts. When historians gain this shared knowledge, they move on to observe and use deductive reasoning by means of intuition, and thus gaining the ability to create knowledge claims in the field and explain patterns of historical behavior. Historians use a mix of science with their own interpretation to create a historical method that produces a reliable conclusion that helps explain the history of the world. Without intuition, imagination, or interpretation, historians would be left with little to no room to interpret the cold, hard and elusive facts of the distant past. On the other hand with no facts whatsoever, history would be nothing more than a made up story. Historians must test their personal knowledge, and recently acquired shared knowledge; to evaluate, validity, credibility, reliability, cultures, individuals, certainty, and

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