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The relations of Learning and Student Social Class – toward re-socializing Sociocultural Learning Theory
Read Although social groups have long been the subject of Vygotskian-inspired research, as in Luria’s early study of urban, rural and homeless children, there has been little work on low-income learners as a social group within the activity context of … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Social class, Vygotsky, Youth
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Chasing Vygotsky’s Dogs – Retrieving Lev Vygotsky’s Philosophy for a Workers’ Paradise
In an article published in 1930, Lev Vygotsky refers explicitly to the seventeenth century Dutch philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza. From a close reading of Vygotsky’s remarkable piece, ‘The socialist transformation of man,’ the extraordinary parallels in the lives and philosophies … Continue reading
Vygotskian collaborative project of social transformation – History, politics, and practice in knowledge construction
Read Vygotsky’s theory has recently evolved as an innovative approach to many fundamental issues in psychology and education. Ironically, however, his legacy is mostly portrayed from the standpoint of outdated – cognitivist and individualist – views on science and history, … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Collaborative learning, Creativity, Knowledge, Learning, Praxis, Vygotsky
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Creativity in the Making – Vygotsky’s Contemporary Contribution to the Dialectic of Creativity and Development
Read “One of the most important questions of child psychology and pedagogy is the question about creativity in children, its development and its significance for the general development of the child.” – Vygotsky In today’s information, technological and innovation driven … Continue reading
Understanding Imaginative Thinking During Childhood – Sociocultural Conceptions of Creativity and Imaginative Thought
Read What if we viewed imaginative thought and creativity as fundamental to cognition? What if discussions of school reform focused on infusing imaginative thinking into the curriculum instead of ‘‘covering the content’’ and ‘‘teaching to the test’’? In this paper, … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Creativity, Imagination, Sociocultural, Thinking, Vygotsky
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Imagination and Creativity in Childhood
Read Lev Vygotsky – in conclusion, we should emphasize the particular importance of cultivating creativity in school-age children. The entire future of humanity will be attained through the creative imagination; orientation to the future, behavior based on the future and … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Children, Creativity, Imagination, Vygotsky
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