2.4.2: Peer Education This theory has huge implications on the management of the relationship of a group. The act of learning is no longer based exclusively on the relationship between student and teacher, but the relationships between the students themselves can also come into play and become a fundamental basis for the whole process.
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In Vygotsky’s definition of the Zone of Proximal Development, he highlighted the importance of learning through communication and interactions with others rather than just through independent work18. Therefore we can speak about ‘Collaborative Learning’ or ‘Peer Education’19, where two or more students learn or attempt to learn something together. This process, which is an essential basis for a Learner-Centered approach, facilitates learning and develops some very important life skills, such as social communication and problem-solving, by emphasising the importance of mutual aid and respect.
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What is the formal difference
between Collaborative Learning and Peer Learning? Collaborative Learning occurs when students work in groups to discuss ideas, solve problems, create or trying a trick together, while Peer Learning, or Peer-to-peer learning, is when one pupil leads another, or more, through a task or concept. 20
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