L. S. Vygotsky was an early twentieth century Russian social theorist whose writing exerts a significant influence on the development of social theory in the early twenty first century. His non-deterministic, non-reductionist account of the formation of mind provides current theorietical developments with a broadly drawn yet very powerful sketch of the ways in which humans shape and are shaped by social, cultural, and historical conditions. The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky is a comprehensive text that provides students, academics, and practioners with a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| |||||||||||||||
 Sell Back Your Copy for $5.73
Whether you buy it used on Amazon for $12.95 or somewhere else, you can sell it back through our Book Trade-In Program at the current price of $5.73.
Used Price$12.95
Trade-in Price$5.73
Price after
Trade-in$7.22 |
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
"The Cambridge Companion to Vygoysky, for many reasons, makes a strong contribution to readers' effort to appropriate an informed Vygotskian perspective. The roster of authors is impressive, representing nine nations and including chapters by a near-predictable who's who of Vygotskian scholars....There's much to be learned from The Cambridge Companion to Vygoysky and much to be constructed in relation to it. For those who are interested in employing a Vygotskian perspective in their own work, this volume ought to provide much more than companinship..."
--Peter Smagorinsky, University of Georgia, Reading Research Quarterly
"The Companion makes a compelling case for the unfinished status of many of Vygotsky's ideas and therefore the value of new Vygotskian scholarship....This book illustrates that Vygotsky's unfinished legacy is a profound platform that permitted these contributors, in dialogue with Vygotsky and each other, to say and do things anew."
--Janet E. Kuebli, PsychCRITIQUES
--Peter Smagorinsky, University of Georgia, Reading Research Quarterly
"The Companion makes a compelling case for the unfinished status of many of Vygotsky's ideas and therefore the value of new Vygotskian scholarship....This book illustrates that Vygotsky's unfinished legacy is a profound platform that permitted these contributors, in dialogue with Vygotsky and each other, to say and do things anew."
--Janet E. Kuebli, PsychCRITIQUES
Book Description
L. S. Vygotsky was an early twentieth century Russian social theorist whose writing exerts a significant influence on the development of social theory in the early twenty first century. This book is a comprehensive text that provides students, academics, and practioners with a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent overview,
By
This review is from: The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky (Paperback)
This is an excellent overview of the current state of Vygotsky studies by well-recognised names in the field. Anyone looking for an in-depth introduction to Vygotsky's work would be well advised to start here. The range of his work is covered, from the relationships between thought and language to special needs education and everything in between. The book is spoiled, however, by the Editors' Introduction. This appears to be rushed. There are numerous typos and grammatical errors and at least one missing reference. This is disappointing in a book of this calibre. However, this aside, it is an excellent book and good value for money.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
developmental teaching, cheating slip, intermental functioning, implicit mediation, functional circle, active internalization, explicit mediation, general genetic law, conceptual competencies, double stimulation, conceptual competence, egocentric speech, societal knowledge, semiotic mediation, spontaneous concepts, interesting resemblance, sociocultural studies, verbal thinking, higher psychological functions, figured world, social contexts for learning, psychological tools, tific concepts, naïve psychology, higher mental functions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Sociocultural Studies of Identity, Change Laboratory, The Development of Children's Conceptual Relation, Vygotsky's Demons, Putting Vygotsky, Soviet Union, Von Uexküll, Moscow University, African American, Instrumental Enrichment, Forbidden Colors Task, Zone of Proximal Development, North American, Jerome Bruner, Complex Figure, Finnish Postal Service, William James, The Psychology of Art, Change Laboratories, October Revolution, Educational Psychology, James Wertsch, Alcoholics Anonymous, Mikhail Bakhtin, Reading Vygotsky New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
developmental teaching, cheating slip, intermental functioning, implicit mediation, functional circle, active internalization, explicit mediation, general genetic law, conceptual competencies, double stimulation, conceptual competence, egocentric speech, societal knowledge, semiotic mediation, spontaneous concepts, interesting resemblance, sociocultural studies, verbal thinking, higher psychological functions, figured world, social contexts for learning, psychological tools, tific concepts, naïve psychology, higher mental functions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Sociocultural Studies of Identity, Change Laboratory, The Development of Children's Conceptual Relation, Vygotsky's Demons, Putting Vygotsky, Soviet Union, Von Uexküll, Moscow University, African American, Instrumental Enrichment, Forbidden Colors Task, Zone of Proximal Development, North American, Jerome Bruner, Complex Figure, Finnish Postal Service, William James, The Psychology of Art, Change Laboratories, October Revolution, Educational Psychology, James Wertsch, Alcoholics Anonymous, Mikhail Bakhtin, Reading Vygotsky New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
