More Knowledgeable

Hello everyone!
Today, we’re learning about an important name in Educational Psychology—Lev Vygotsky.

Vygotsky believed that we don’t learn alone. Instead, we grow and learn better with the help of others. His well-known idea is something called the "More Knowledgeable Other" (MKO).

An MKO is someone who knows more than the learner about a particular topic and helps them understand it. It could be a teacher, a classmate, a sibling—or anyone with more knowledge or experience.
Right now, I’m your MKO, guiding you through this concept. You might be the MKO for someone else.

He also introduced the idea of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)—the space between what a learner can do on their own and what they can do with support. The MKO plays a key role in helping the learner move through this zone.

So remember: whenever someone helps you understand something you couldn’t do alone—that’s exactly what Vygotsky was talking about.