Applications of Vygotsky’s sociocultural approach for teachers’ professional development

This paper outlines an approach to teachers’ professional development (PD) that originates in Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory (SCT), arguing that what Vygotsky claimed about students’ learning in the school setting is applicable to the teachers and that the developmental theories of Vygotsky resting...

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Main Author: Karim Shabani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1252177