Inclusive education: From L.S. Vygotsky's ideas to contemporary practices of education and upbringing of children with special educational needs

This article discusses, within the context of the ideas of cultural-historical psychology (CHP), the requirements for the education and upbringing of children with special educational needs in inclusive education. Examples of inclusive educational practices that implement the core concepts of CHP — “social situation of development”, “zone of proximal development”, and “collective/joint activity” — are considered.

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