Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist / Edition 1

by Lois Holzman, Fred Newman

Overview

Lev Vygotsky was one of the most talented and brilliant of Soviet psychologists. Despite his tragically early death at the age of 38 his accomplishments are enormously impressive: he played a key role in restructuring the Psychological Institute of Moscow; set up two research laboratories in the major cities of the USSR; founded what we call special education; and authored some 180 works. His innovative theories of thought and speech are important not just for psychology but for other disciplines also. Yet even though his ideas have increasingly won popularity there remains a strong need for an accessible introduction to the man and his work. In Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist Lois Holzman and Fred Newman have written a clear introductory text suitable for undergraduate students. In so doing they have taken the opportunity to set straight the misunderstandings and misuses of Vygotsky's ideas. and his work

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415064422
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/1993
Series:	Critical Psychology Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lois Holzman, Fred Newman

Table of Contents

1 Vygotsky and psychology: a debate within a debate 2 The laboratory as methodology 3 Practice: Vygotsky's tool-and-result methodology 4 The zone of proximal development: a psychological 5 Playing in/with the ZPD 6 Reform and revolution in the study of thinking and speech 7 Completing the historical Vygotsky 8 Logic and psychotherapy

Editorial Reviews

‘This is a clearly written book with education students in mind. It provides the background to much of our owrk on childrens learning and is a gook introduction to a philosophical approach...' - Denny Mallows, Ripon & York St John Univ Coll.

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