Vision Of Vygotsky; Author: Wink, Joan; Joint Author: Putney, Leann G.; Paperback

Author: Wink, Joan; Joint Author: Putney, Leann G.
Paperback
176 pages
Published: August 2002
Pearson Higher Education
ISBN: 0321082400

This book will introduce readers to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and development and show how that theory can be applied in current classrooms. Vygotsky's work continues to beapplied and studied in Teacher Education and Educational Psychology. In this book, his work is presented using authentic classroom vignettes and visuals. Meaningful language and various scholarly perspectives that help access abstract ideas are used throughout.Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a Jewish Russian Marxist psychologist whose work, focusing on consciousness, has been influential in educational circles. In this volume, Wink (California State U.) and Putney (U. of Nevada-Las Vegas) introduce students of education and psychology to Vygotskian theories of l