How did Piaget's view differ from Vygotsky's?

1. Piaget drew a clear line between development and teaching. 2. For him, development is a spontaneous process started and completed by the child's own efforts. 3. He was critical of teacher-led instruction. 4. Vygotsky valued spontaneous development but did not think it enough. 5. He held that children would not get far if left to discover everything alone, and stressed help from more knowledgeable others. 6. So the key contrast is that Piaget saw growth as self-driven, Vygotsky as socially led. **Why the other options fail:** - Teaching as leading growth is Vygotsky's view, not Piaget's. - Vygotsky saw learning as social, not solitary, and made adult guidance central. _Source: Wikipedia, "Zone of proximal development", section "Origins" (revision 1365068534)_