Next.......... Lets Go Vygotski

The next theorist im going to Prattle on about is Vygotsky. The major theme of Vygotsky's theory is that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of students recognising and understanding (cognitive Recognition). Vygotsky states:
"Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological). This applies equally to voluntary attention, to logical memory, and to the formation of concepts. All the higher functions originate as actual relationships between individuals."
A second aspect of Vygotsky's theory is the idea that the potential for development depends upon the "zone of proximal development" (ZPD): a level of development attained when children engage in social behavior. Full development of this development depends uponthe persons social interaction. The range of skill that can be developed with adult guidance or peer collaboration can far surpass anything practised alone.
http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html