Lev Vygotsky was born November 17, 1896, in Orsha, a city in the western Russian Empire. In 1917, he earned a law degree at Moscow State University, ...

Lev Vygotsky has been an iconic figure for several generations of psychologists in Russia and overseas. His concepts and theories, developed nearly 100 years ago, have transcended geography and ...

Lev Vygotsky (a documentary film about his life and current implementations of his ideas) Mind, Culture and Activity on Vimeo (lectures and interviews with Vygotskian scholars and practitioners) ...

In Andrew Sutton’s (no relation to me) article ‘Backward Children of the USSR,’ he enthusiastically recounts the ideas of Soviet psychologist and paedologist Lev Vygotsky, one of the most ...

The work of Lev Vygotsky is increasingly cited as we reconsider the theory and practice of constructivist education. This program introduces the life, vocabulary and concepts of Lev Vygotsky.

The idea of the ZPD came from a Russian psychologist named Lev Vygotsky in the early 1900s. Vygotsky believed that every person has two stages of skill development: a level they can achieve by ...

Lev Vygotsky was a Russian Jew, born in 1896 – the same year as Jean Piaget. Unlike Piaget, who lived into his eighties, Vygotsky died at the tragically young age of 37 from tuberculosis, which he had ...

By Luis C Moll (Routledge, 20.99, 978041589) Psychologist Lev Vygotsky has influenced educational research and scholarship in a wide range of areas including child development, language and literacy ...

Take a deep dive into Bluey ‘Octopus’ with Professor Suzy Edwards! Nodding to the big ideas of developmental theorist Lev Vygotsky, Suzy reflects on how children’s experiences enhance their ...