Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-425) and index.
Contents:
Index. Editors' introduction / Yrjö Engeström -- Michael Cole, 14. James V. Wertsch -- [pt. 1]. Vygotsky in context -- 1. Vygotsky in context : 1900-1935 / René van der Veer -- 2. Vygotsky's demons / David Bakhurst -- 3. An interesting resemblance : Vygotksy, Mead and American pragmatism / Anne Edwards -- 4. Vygotsky, Mead, and the new sociocultural studies of identity / Dorothy Holland and William Lachicotte, Jr. -- 5. Vygotsky on thinking and speaking / Vera P. John-Steiner -- [pt. 2]. Readings of Vygotsky -- 6. Terminology in L.S. Vygotsky's writings / Boris G. Meshcheryakov -- 7. Mediation / James V. Wertsch -- 8. Vygotsky and culture / Michael Cole and Natalia Gajdamaschko -- 9. Thought and word : the approaches of L.S. Vygotsky and G.G. Shpet / Vladimir P. Zinchenko -- 10. The development of children's conceptual relation to the world, with focus on concept formation in preschool children's activity / Mariane Hedegaard -- 11. Inside and outside the Zone of proximal development : an ecofunctional reading of Vygotsky / Pablo del Río and Amelia Álvarez -- [pt. 3]. Applications of Vygotsky's work -- 12. Pedagogy / Harry Daniels -- 13. Sociocultural theory and education of children with special needs : from defectology to remedial pedagogy / Alex Kozulin and Boris Gindis -- 14. Putting Vygotsky to work : the change laboratory as an application of double stimulation / Yrjö Engeström -- References -- Index.
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