Cultural-Historical Scientific School: The Issues That L. S. Vygotsky Brought Up

Vygotsky and Piaget: scientific concepts

Jean Piaget’s so-called biological perspective is often paired with the viewpoint of Lev Vygotsky when we speak of learning in humans. Both authors acknowledged the active role of children in the construction of knowledge. However, they differ in that, unlike Piaget, Vygotsky believed that the assimilation of new information does not have to wait for an appropriate level of development but must...

The Context for Vygotsky ’ s Work

That is, they view Vygotsky in light of the culture of his origins and then with respect to the culture that has evolved from the foundation he provided. Their aim is to contribute to an understanding of Vygotsky’s work by contextualizing and historicizing his own career and then challenging readers to understand how his work has been taken up, and most productively could be taken up, by subseq...

The Role of L . S . Vygotsky in the Development of Problems of Perception

In his investigation of problems of the sociohistorical determinants of human consciousness, Vygotsky concentrated his attention mainly on study of the genesis, functions, and structure of the " higher mental functions " —verbal thought, voluntary regulation of actions, logical memory, creative imagination, and so forth, which together constitute man's specific identity as a social being. It wa...

Brian : The Typographical Error that Brought

Dewey ’ s Dynamic Integration of Vygotsky and

Contrary to the assumptions of those who pair Dewey and Piaget based on progressivism’s recent history, Dewey shared broader concerns with Vygotsky (whose work he never read). Both Dewey and Vygotsky emphasized the role of cultural forms and meanings in perpetuating higher forms of human thought, whereas Piaget focused on the role played by logical and mathematical reasoning. On the other hand,...