Piaget, Vygotsky and beyond
Subtitle: future issues for developmental psychology and education
By: edited by Leslie Smith, Julie Dockrell, and Peter Tomlinson.
Contributors: Smith, Leslie, 1943-; Dockrell, Julie.; Tomlinson, Peter.; Piaget-Vygotsky Centenary Conference (1996 : Brighton, England)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Piaget, Jean, 1896- -- Congresses.; Vygotskiĭ, L. S. 1896-1934 -- Congresses.; Developmental psychology -- Congresses.; Educational psychology -- Congresses.
Description: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are arguably the two most influential figures in psychological research. Although born in the same year of 1896, it is only over the last decade or so that the work of Vygotsky has rivalled that of Piaget in importance in the Western world. Piaget, Vygotsky and Beyond examines the contribution made by these two seminal figures and assesses their possible influence over future work to be carried out in the next few years leading into the new millennium. Arranged around five themes (educational intervention and teaching, social collaboration and learning, cognitive skills and domain-specificity, the measurement of development and the development of modal understanding), each paper is followed by a discussant's comments. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The chapters in this book were presented at the Piaget-Vygotsky Centenary Conference held in Brighton, Apr. 11-12, 1996.