INTERDEP 2001 · Wicked Problems — Learning, Culture, and Place

Led by Lev Vygotsky Simulacrum

How the built environment shapes learning and development — the zone of proximal development applied to cities, cultural mediation through place, and what children learn from the streets they grow up in.

1. Module 1

   The Zone of Proximal Development and Environmental Scaffolding

   Led by Lev Vygotsky Simulacrum

   The question

   The ZPD restated: learning occurs in the gap between independent and assisted capability · scaffolding as a pedagogical concept (Wood, Bruner, Ross) · how environments scaffold development without human instruction · the playground as a ZPD: graduated challenge, risk assessment, social negotiation ·

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in the zone of proximal development and environmental scaffolding.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 The Zone of Proximal Development and Environmental Scaffolding Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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2. Module 2

   Cultural Mediation, Memory, and the City as Teacher

   Led by Lev Vygotsky Simulacrum

   The question

   The city as a repository of cultural memory · how monuments, street names, building styles, and spatial arrangements encode and transmit cultural knowledge · what is lost when cities are demolished and rebuilt · the relationship between place and identity · how walking through a city is a form of cu

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in cultural mediation, memory, and the city as teacher.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.2 Cultural Mediation, Memory, and the City as Teacher Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Open this module → Print certificate of completion