Decriptive Course Data: Class: Third year high school, 30 students Lesson: Vygotsky: The Man and his

Works Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes Dick and Reiser Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: a) Clearly identify and explain three concepts of Vygotsky: ZPD, Scaffolding and Collaborative Learning; and b) Demonstrate their understanding of these concepts by giving examples of how they can be applied in their life. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY TEACHERS ROLE STUDENTS ROLE ROLE OF OTHER MEDIA Motivation (Relay Game) a. group the students into six groups of b. follow teachers grouping 18 large handkerchiefs or five. pieces of cloth c. tell students to choose one member d. choose group member and blindfold, Blue, green, red and and use the handkerchiefs or cloths to handcuff and ankle-tie him/her. yellow flags blindfold, handcuff and tie the ankles of Prizes for the winner that person. (optional) e. explain the rules of the relay game: f. listen to the rules of the game there are four flags (blue, green, red, yellow) placed around the room. The other four members of the group will guide their tied-up group mate to the flags(in the above order) without touching him. When the tied-up person reaches the blue flag, the ankle-tie will be removed. At the green flag, the handcuff will be removed, at the red flag the blindfold will be removed and he will be able to reach the yellow flag without help from his group. The first group to reach the last flag or the group nearest to the end by the end of ten minutes wins. g. tell the students to take their h. play the relay game until the end of positions and start the game the ten minutes or until one group i. recognize the winning team (prizes finishes and is declared the winner may be given) and have the students j. follow the teacher return to their seats.

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a. show the students the objectives on b. read the objectives the screen and have them read it b. responds (students must be able to say that it was hard at the start but as their group mate was freer it got easier.) d. responds (students must be able to say that it did get easier at the end and he didnt even need his groups help to reach the last flag) b. listen to the teacher

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Prerequisite (processing of a. ask the students who participated in the game) the game as the guiding group mates how they felt as they played the game and if it was hard to guide their group mate to the flags. c. ask the students who participated in the game as the one being guided how he felt as the game progressed and if he even needed any help from his group to reach the last flag. Information and Examples a. introduce the three concepts of Lev Vygotsky that will be discussed in class (Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding and Collaborative Learning) by giving their definitions.

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c. elaborate on the concepts one by one d. look at the diagram starting with ZPD. Show the students a diagram showing the concept of the Zone of Proximal Development. e. ask the students to try to explain the f. respond diagram as best they can. g. listen to the responses and guide their answers until the concept is explained. h. now elaborate on the concept of i. look at the slides. scaffolding by showing slides that depict the importance of assistance in learning a task. j. ask about the assistance the children k. answer the teacher in the slides need to accomplish what they are trying to do. l. explain the concept of scaffolding and m. listen

relate it to the relay game at the start of the class n. ask the students who were blindfolded in the relay game if they could have reached the last flag if they were left on their own. p. ask the same students what his group mates had that he did not during the game. r. explain the concept of collaborative learning and compare the other group members being able to see to the new knowledge shared during collaborative learning a. divide the class into three groups c. assign each group one of the three concepts and tell them to discuss how they can apply the concept to their lives as a student, a sibling, a citizen, etc. e. ask one representative of a group to first explain briefly the concept assigned to them. g. ask another representative to report on what they discussed on how to apply the concepts to their life. o. answer the teacher.

q. answer the teacher (the students should say that his group mates could see) s. listen

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b. follow teachers direction d. discuss assigned concept with group

f. explain briefly and clearly the concept

h. report to the class what was discussed in the group