Vygotsky's psychology: Joint activity in a developmental zone Export

@article{citeulike:2237522, abstract = {Vygotsky's Thought and Language (Vygotsky, 1962, Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press) has been available to us now for nearly a quarter of a century. Yet, his psychology is still not at all well known. Why is this? Why has Vygotsky's psychology been, and why is it still, so difficult for us to assimilate? The first part of this essay is a discussion of the strange and peculiar nature of Vygotsky's psychology, and shows that it is our current individualistic and natural scientific concerns that make it difficult for us to understand here in the West. The second part is a discussion of various selected chapters in Wertsch's volume of perspectives on Vygotsky (Culture, communication and cognition: Vygotskian perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press) which, in refracting his views through different prisms, reveal yet further important facets of his psychology.}, author = {Shotter, John}, citeulike-article-id = {2237522}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0732-118X(89)90025-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VD4-45XV5KC-4H/2/4f77b619c3d57b0bc5592fc6314eedbd}, doi = {10.1016/0732-118X(89)90025-1}, journal = {New Ideas in Psychology}, keywords = {learning, vygotsky}, number = {2}, pages = {185--204}, posted-at = {2008-01-16 06:09:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Vygotsky's psychology: Joint activity in a developmental zone}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0732-118X(89)90025-1}, volume = {7}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2237522 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2237522 N2 - Vygotsky's Thought and Language (Vygotsky, 1962, Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press) has been available to us now for nearly a quarter of a century. Yet, his psychology is still not at all well known. Why is this? Why has Vygotsky's psychology been, and why is it still, so difficult for us to assimilate? The first part of this essay is a discussion of the strange and peculiar nature of Vygotsky's psychology, and shows that it is our current individualistic and natural scientific concerns that make it difficult for us to understand here in the West. The second part is a discussion of various selected chapters in Wertsch's volume of perspectives on Vygotsky (Culture, communication and cognition: Vygotskian perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press) which, in refracting his views through different prisms, reveal yet further important facets of his psychology. IS - 2 JF - New Ideas in Psychology EP - 204 TI - Vygotsky's psychology: Joint activity in a developmental zone VL - 7 SP - 185 KW - learning KW - vygotsky AU - Shotter, John PY - 1989/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0732-118X(89)90025-1 ER -