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The Vygotsky Reader

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Vygotsky and Vyacheslavskiy as discussed by the authors described the development of academic concepts in school aged children, and the problem of the cultural development of the child: the tools and symbols in child development.
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Preface. Introduction. 1. Introduction to the Russian translation of Freuda s Beyond the pleasure principle: Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Lurina. 2. Principles of social education for deaf and dumb children in Russia: Lev Vygotsky. 3. The methods of reflexological and psychological investigation: Lev Vygotsky. 4. The problem of the cultural behaviour of the child: Alexander Luria. 5. The problem of the cultural development of the child: Lev Vygotsky. 6. Methods for investigating concepts: Leonid Sakharov. 7. Tool and Symbol in child development: Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria. 8. The socialist alteration: Lev Vygotsky. 9. The development of thinking and concept formation in adolescence: Lev Vygotsky. 10. Imagination and creativity of the adolescent: Lev Vygotsky. 11. The development of voluntary attention in the child: Aleksej Leonta ev. 12. Thought in schizophrenia: Lev Vygotsky. 13. Fascism in psychoneurology: Lev Vygotsky. 14. The problem of the environment: Lev Vygotsky. 15. The development of academic concepts in school aged children: Lev Vygotsky. Name Index. Subject Index.

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