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  2. Lev Vygotsky - Wikipedia

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    Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Выготский, [vɨˈɡotskʲɪj]; Belarusian: Леў Сямёнавіч Выгоцкі; November 17 [O.S. November 5] 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory.

  3. Cultural-historical psychology - Wikipedia

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    Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) Cultural-historical psychology is a branch of psychological theory and practice associated with Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria and their Circle, who initiated it in the mid-1920s–1930s. [1]

  4. Zone of proximal development - Wikipedia

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    Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934) The concept of the zone of proximal development was originally developed by Vygotsky to argue against the use of academic, knowledge-based tests as a means to gauge students' intelligence. He also created ZPD to further develop Jean Piaget's theory of children being lone and autonomous learners. [4]

  5. Developmental psychology - Wikipedia

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    Lev Vygotsky was a Russian theorist from the Soviet era, who posited that children learn through hands-on experience and social interactions with members of their culture. [27] Vygotsky believed that a child's development should be examined during problem-solving activities. [28]

  6. Psychology of learning - Wikipedia

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    Led by psychologist Lev Vygotsky, social constructivism has a more sociocultural approach. This approach argues that the social environment facilitates learning through certain tools such objects, language, and organizations. Through these tools, cognitive learning occurs when the people interact with these tools socially and internalize them. [41]

  7. Jerome Bruner - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Following Lev Vygotsky the Russian theoretician of socio-cultural development, Bruner proposed that social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition in general and of language in particular. He emphasized that children learn language in order to communicate, and, at the same time, they also learn the ...

  8. Cultural-historical activity theory - Wikipedia

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    A.N. Leont'ev worked with Lev Vygotsky and Alexandr Luria from 1924 to 1930, collaborating on the development of a Marxist psychology. Leontiev left Vygotsky's group in Moscow in 1931, to take up a position in Kharkov. There he was joined by local psychologists, including Pyotr Galperin and Pyotr Zinchenko. [18]

  9. List of psychologists - Wikipedia

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    Lev Vygotsky, (cultural-historical psychology) ... Wilhelm Wundt, (One of the founders of modern psychology as a discipline, father of experimental psychology)