Innovative ideas in educational psychology, learning, and instruction, originally formulated by Russian psychologist and educator Lev Vygotsky, are currently enjoying unprecedented popularity in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Russia. An international team of scholarly contributors provides comprehensive coverage of all the main concepts of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. They emphasize its importance for the understanding of child development, and propose specific classroom applications.
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"Kozulin, Gindis, Ageyev, and Miller have masterfully brought together a series of papers that create a dynamic picture of the past, present, and future of Vygotsky's theories in various socio-cultural contexts...Clearly written and well organized...Does an excellent job of describing the nature of the socio-cultural approach to education as deeply philosphical and pragmatic at the same time." Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology
"Perhaps the most comprehensive treatment of Vygotskian educational thought and practice currently available, this volume features an illustrious array of scholars from across the globe. Particularly enlightening is their explication of how Vygotsky's psychological theory can affect different school settings and situations. Highly recommended." Choice
"The contributing authors are to be commended for striking a balance between working toward a clarified, unified, and thus "authoritative" canonical version of Vygotskian ideas, on the one hand, and opening the theor to multiple influences and interpretations as it is applied to multiple settings and problems, on the other hand. They should also be praised for living up to the editors' claim to present all the major concepts of Vygotskian educational theory. For this coverage and clarification alone, the work is definitely a worthwhile addition to graduate courses as well as practicing researchers' libraries." Anthropology and Education Quarterly
"Very Comprehensive...A particular strength of the collection is the way that the authors combine theory with description and analysis of specific examples of educational design and practice...Will be of interest to readers concerned with the design and development of learning materials and environments in any context...Strongly recommended...A rich source to dip into for ideas and stimulation." British Journal of Educational Technology
"Perhaps the most comprehensive treatment of Vygotskian educational thought and practice currently available, this volume features an illustrious array of scholars from across the globe. Particularly enlightening is their explication of how Vygotsky's psychological theory can affect different school settings and situations. Highly recommended." Choice
"The contributing authors are to be commended for striking a balance between working toward a clarified, unified, and thus "authoritative" canonical version of Vygotskian ideas, on the one hand, and opening the theor to multiple influences and interpretations as it is applied to multiple settings and problems, on the other hand. They should also be praised for living up to the editors' claim to present all the major concepts of Vygotskian educational theory. For this coverage and clarification alone, the work is definitely a worthwhile addition to graduate courses as well as practicing researchers' libraries." Anthropology and Education Quarterly
"Very Comprehensive...A particular strength of the collection is the way that the authors combine theory with description and analysis of specific examples of educational design and practice...Will be of interest to readers concerned with the design and development of learning materials and environments in any context...Strongly recommended...A rich source to dip into for ideas and stimulation." British Journal of Educational Technology
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This book presents innovative ideas in the field of educational psychology, learning, and instruction. These ideas were first formulated by Russian psychologist and educator Lev Vygotsky and are currently enjoying unprecedented popularity in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Russia. An international team of scholars who contributed to this volume provide comprehensive coverage of all main concepts of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, emphasize its importance for the understanding of child development, and propose specific classroom applications.
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After 30 years of teaching, I was looking for a book that would help me evaluate my teaching experiences as well as give me some new perspectives and ideas. This excellent collection of the findings of recent research based on Vygotsky's brilliant work has provided me with both great insight and appreciation of my teaching career as well as the verification of my teaching instincts and the determination to follow through on what I feel are the best methods to use when teaching in today's multi-cultural learning environments.
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Featured in the bestseller early-childhood reference of 2009, "Nurtureshock",
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I just finished reading, "Nurtureshock" about the shocking results in the field of child development research and science. The authors discussed the use of the "scaffolding techniques" developed by the renowned educational theorist Leonid Vygotsky. This constructivist method (if it is implemented properly) does work and the kids are learning. The children are learning by leaps and bounds! The science proves it! If you are involved in the field of early childhood education (or if you're a concerned parent), you really should read this book.
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new leading activity, starting abstractions, next age period, theoretical learning approach, subjective zone, narrative interspersion, maturing functions, student habitus, binomial multiplication, given age period, sensory standards, cultural modeling, nested argument, objective zone, guided discovery learning, individualistic reductionism, spontaneous concepts, developmental teaching, imal development, mediated learning experience, dynamic assessment procedures, sociodramatic play, cognitive education, psychological tools, mediational tools Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, United States, Plenum Press, African American English, Oxford University Press, Teachers College Press, Scaffolded Writing, Academic Press, Aarhus University Press, Educational Researcher, University of Chicago Press, Basic Books, Educational Psychologist, Lev Vygotsky, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Russian Vygotskians, San Francisco, Piotr Galperin, Teaching of English, Alex Kozulin, Englewood Cliffs, Thousand Oaks, Gosudarstvennoie Uchebno-pedagogicheskoie Izdatel'stvo New!
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- Thought and Language - Revised Edition by Lev S. Vygotsky on page 317, page 320, and page 431
- Instrumental Enrichment: An Intervention Program for Cognitive Modifiability by Reuven Feuerstein on page 28, and page 208
- Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist (Critical Psychology Series) by Lois Holzman on page 219, and page 368
- Educational Psychology (Classics in Soviet Psychology Series) by L.S. Vygotsky on page 198, and page 412
- Mental Retardation by Journal on page 113, and page 218
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