I'm wondering if anyone could suggest a good
article-length discussion of "scaffolding" in
the Vygotskian tradition. I'd like to introduce
teachers of language and literacy to the concept
in the context of apprenticeship learning. That
would include a complex sense of the task being
taught, and ways to engage learners in thinking
about what they're doing, how they're doing it
and the like. Is there an accessible text folks
use in teacher education?
cheers!
Kate Garretson, Kingsborough Community College
The City University of New York