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frogvscrab t1_ix24o5i wrote

Reply to comment by Johnnadawearsglasses in Students at NYC high school get third grade-level lessons on Goldilocks by fppencollector

uhhh scaffolding is a pretty widely used term when talking about education lol. I am not sure what your problem with that is.

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Johnnadawearsglasses t1_ix24yll wrote

It has no real purpose. All teaching is starting with simpler topics and building to more complex ones. It's one of those buzzwords like you see in corporatespeak that just grates on me. Not a serious issue obviously. More peevish.

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frogvscrab t1_ix27dl0 wrote

> starting with simpler topics and building to more complex ones.

This is technically what scaffolding is, but in reality its a much more specific and complex teaching strategy.

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robrklyn t1_ix2osmj wrote

Actually, the term was introduce by developmental psychologist Jean Piaget who is widely studied in education. He was around from the early to late 1900s. So I guess it’s been a “buzz word” since the 50s?

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