To what extent is Vygotsky's theory of education relevant to the UK contemporary education system?

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: 70, University of Cumbria, course: Secondary Maths Teaching with QTS, language: English, abstract: Vygotsky, an eminent theorist, compiled numerous researches which concerned education, but the principal notion of his work was that social interaction is fundamental to cognitive development...