I personally think that both apply to a child who has parents that encourages both approaches together as I did with Christopher. Other differences that I found through my studies of this subject include:
• Piaget believed that language is a result of cognitive development, but Vygotsky thought that language is key to cognitive development;
• Piaget concluded that cognitive development is driven by a child's innate ability to adapt to new circumstances, whereas Vygotsky deduced that cognitive development is prompted by social interaction;
• Piaget believed cognitive development is the same universally, whereas Vygotsky proposed that it differs across cultures and time;
• Piaget posited that children will only learn when they are ready, whereas Vygotsky believed that development could be accelerated to an extent with correct