Keeping the metaphor of scaffolding fresh--a response to C. Addison Stone's "The metaphor of scaffolding: its utility for the field of learning disabilities".
This author suggests three responses to Professor Stone's call for enriching the scaffolding metaphor: (a) repositioning the metaphor in its theoretical frame; (b) considering the ways in which contexts and activities, as well as individuals, scaffold learning; and (c) examining the relationship between scaffolding and effective teaching. The author describes research that has been conducted toward these ends.
School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D019365:Metaphor; D002666:Psychology, Child