L.S.Vygotsky's views on child development science

2021

Abstract

Article analyzes main content of L.S. Vygotsky's forth lecture «Problem of environment in paedology» in the context of the whole cycle of seven lectures in course «Basics of paedology» and in the context of other L.S. Vygotsky's works on the same subject. These lectures are viewed as a L.S. Vygotsky's project on science and theory on child development. The forth lecture mainly focuses on principles specific for mental development. Here Vygotsky was developing a new concept of child's environment, where environment should be considered relativistically, dynamically and «through experience». It is shown that ideas from this lecture were more closely developed in his work «Problem of age» and in lectures on age crises.

General Information

Keywords: L.S. Vygotsky, paedology, child development, environment, experiences, social situation of development

Journal rubric: Vygotskology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Meshcheryakov B.G. L.S.Vygotsky's views on child development science. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2008. Vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 103–112. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Boris G. Meshcheryakov, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Department of Psychology, FSGN, State University “Dubna”, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Scientific Journal "Cultural-Historical Psychology", Dubna, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6252-2822, e-mail: borlogic1@gmail.com

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