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Developmental psychology in the Soviet Union
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“Vygotsky’s Neglected Legacy”: Cultural-Historical Activity Theory:
Wolff-Michael Roth,Yew-Jin Lee +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe an evolving theoretical framework that has been called one of the best kept secrets of academia: cultural-historical activity theory, the result of proposals Lev Vygotsky first articulated but that his students and followers substantially developed to constitute much expanded forms in its second and third generations.
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The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky
TL;DR: A reading of Vygotsky's work can be found in this article, where the authors discuss the development of children's conceptual relation to the world with focus on concept in pre-school children's activity.
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Relational Interdependence Between Social and Individual Agency in Work and Working Life
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a consideration of the role for individual agency and the ways in which it is socially shaped over time and serves to be generative of individuals' cognitive experience, and its role in subsequently construing what is experienced socially.
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Lev Vygotsky : revolutionary scientist
Fred Newman,Lois Holzman +1 more
TL;DR: Lev Vygotsky as discussed by the authors was one of the most talented and brilliant of Soviet psychologists, who 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.
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A dynamic systems model of basic developmental mechanisms: Piaget, Vygotsky, and beyond
TL;DR: In this article, a dynamic systems model is proposed on the basis of a general developmental mechanism adopted from the theories of J. Piaget and L. S. Vygotsky, more particularly a mechanism based on the concepts assimilation versus accommodation and actual development versus zone of proximal development.