Do you
want to improve your teaching? Are your students achieving their learning
goals? Do you want to know some tips to achieve an effective learning?
1. SCAFFOLDING'S
CONCEPT
The
concept of scaffolding (Bruner, 1975) is based on the work of Vygotsky, who
proposed that with an adult's assistance, children could accomplish tasks that
they ordinarily could not perform independently. Scaffolded instruction is
"the systematic sequencing of prompted content, materials, tasks, and
teacher and peer support to optimize learning" (Dickson, Chard, &
Simmons, 1993). Scaffolding is a process in which students are given support
until they can apply new skills and strategies independently (Rosenshine &
Meister, 1992).
Carol Read says in
her article: “Scaffolding children’s talk and learning”: “Scaffolding is
the metaphorical concept used to describe the interactive verbal
support provided by adults to guide a child through the ZPD and enable
them to carry out a task that they would be unable to do without help.” “Scaffolding
refers to the particular kind of help, assistance and support that enables a
child to do a task which they cannot quite manage on their own and which brings
them closer to a state of competence that will enable them to carry out other
similar tasks independently in the future.”
2. SOME BENEFITS OF USING SCAFFOLDING
Some features of scaffolding
are:
- Scaffolding helps the teacher
to motivate their students, taking into account their needs.
- Scaffolding can be used at any
level of education and in any discipline, but it requires detailed planning on
the part of the teacher.
- An effective scaffolding has
the following features; Creating children’s interest in the task; simplifying
the task; reminding them the goal; pointing out key things to do; showing the
child other ways of doing; controlling the child’s frustration; demonstrating
an idealised way of doing the task.
- As the result of the
scaffolding which has taken place, the child has achieved a greater level of
competence and independent functioning.
3. UNDERSTANDING THE NOTION OF
SCAFFOLDING
4. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
SCAFFOLDING?
