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feminists, yama-constructivists, yama- behaviourists, noma mhlawumbe yama-
psycholinguists. Lokhu futhi kuyamsiza umcwaningi ukuba ahlaziye ngokwakha
amaqoqwana namaphethini olwazini aluqoqile uma lokhu kudingekile futhi kuhambisana
nendlela esetshenzisiwe yokuqhuba ucwaningo.
4.4 UKUFUNDA OKUBHALIWE NGOKWE-SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST
THEORY
UVygotsky (1978) umcwaningi wase-Russia, waqamba insizakuhlaziya i-social
constructivist yokufunda okubhaliwe. Le njulalwazi ibuye yaziwe ngokuthi yi-socio-
historical theory. UVygotsky (1978) ubeka ukuthi ukufunda okubhaliwe (reading)
kuyinto eyenzeka ngenxa yokuba umuntu abe yingxenye yomphakathi, abuke
okwenzekayo emphakathini, abuke ukuthi izinto zenzeka kanjani ngokwejwayelekile
futhi nalowo ofundayo kube khona akwaziyo ngale nto afunda ngayo. Kanti futhi
kufanele kube ukuthi wake wahlangabezana nayo endaweni aphila kuyo. UVygotsky
wayekholelwa ukuthi umntwana ukuze akwazi ukufunda okubhaliwe / umbhalo, kufanele
axhumane nabanye abantu, azi ngezinto ezimzungezile, ezenzeka endaweni aphila kuyo
emphakathini.
Ngaleyo ndlela uVygotsky ugcizelela ubudlelwane obuphakathi kolwazi umfundi avele
enalo kanye nosikompilo (culture) lapho efunda ukufunda okubhaliwe/umbhalo. Ngale
ndlela, lokhu kusho ukuthi ukukhula ekufundeni okubhaliwe (learning to read) kwenzeka
lapho umntwana ehlanganisa usikompilo nolwazi olusha kanye nolwazi abevele enalo
ngalokho akufundayo, futhi umfundi ebambe iqhaza ekufundeni. Ngale ndlela i-social
constructivist iyinjulalwazi ephathelene nokufunda (learning) egcizelela ukwakheka
kolwazi kumuntu uma efunda (Woolfolk, 1998; 1999). UWoolfolk (1998) uthi:
Whereas Piaget described the child as a little scientist,
constructing an understanding of the world largely alone,
Vygotsky (1978, 1987,1993) suggested that cognitive
development depends much more on interactions with the people
in the child’s world and the tools that the culture provide to
support thinking. Children’s knowledge, ideas, attitudes, and
values develop through interaction with others.
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