The unity of intellect and will: Vygotsky and Spinoza [PDF]
Jerome Bruner points out in his prologue to the first volume of the English translation of The Collected Works that Vygotsky flirts with the idea that language creates free will.
Derry, Jan
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Personalised Learning: Developing a Vygotskian Framework for E-learning [PDF]
Personalisation has emerged as a central feature of recent educational strategies in the UK and abroad. At the heart of this is a vision to empower learners to take more ownership of their learning and develop autonomy. While the introduction of digital
Ballard, James, Butler, Philip
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Comparison and Contrast of Piaget and Vygotsky’s Theories
Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are the two most influential developmental psychologists. Their contributions to the field of developmental psychology, though different, are still similarly remarkable and unique.
Yu-Chia Huang
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Changes of perspective introduced by Rousseau in educational practice [PDF]
This paper is an attempt to discuss Rousseau’s ideas on educational practice through his book, Emile, arguably one of the most noteworthy books on education available today.
Goncalves, Marcus
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On the Development of Early Algebraic Thinking [PDF]
This article deals with the question of the development of algebraic thinking in young students. In contrast to mental approaches to cognition, we argue that thinking is made up of material and ideational components such as (inner and outer) speech ...
Radford, Luis
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Unexpected Сonnections: Cultural-Historical Psychologyin a Community Mental Health Setting?
This paper will reflect on the influence of Vygotsky and Luria in my work as an occupational therapist in the community mental health setting of an ‘Activity Centre’ in the National Health Service, between 1991 and 2001.
Thomas P.B.
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Vygotsky and intersubjectivity [PDF]
Lev Vygotsky’s statement on the development of the higher psychological functions— from the interpsychological form to the intrapsychological form—is discussed in the article. I describe the changing of Vygotsky’s interest from nonverbal to verbal communication and his emphasis on verbal communication as an only kind of interpsychological function.
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Drama, Desire and Schooling. Drives to learning in creative and expressive school subjects [PDF]
Desire is an unfamiliar and neglected concept in education and schooling. This paper makes an argument for the need to consider desire as a drive to learning in schools.
Franks, Anton
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Technology, Pedagogy and Digital Production: A Case Study of Children Learning New Media Skills [PDF]
This article presents an analysis of data from a project which investigated children and young people's learning of digital cultures in informal settings in Britain. The project aimed to build links between young peoples' leisure and learning experiences,
Willett, Rebekah
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Designing a Critical Thinking Pattern Based on Vigotsky's Constructionist Theory and its Impact on Students' Critical Thinking [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to identify the components of critical thinking education model based on the Vygotsky’s constructivist theory and to study the effectiveness of the model on the critical thinking of the fifth grade elementary students.
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