Lev Vygotsky
A Soviet psychologist whose sociocultural theory emphasized the crucial role of social interaction and culture in cognitive development.
Quotes by Lev Vygotsky
The child's development is a process of active participation in social life.
The child's development is a process of mastering the cultural tools that are specific to his society.
The child's development is a process of active interaction with his social environment.
The child's development is a process of mastering the cultural tools that are necessary for his participation in social life.
The child's development is a process of active engagement with his cultural environment.
The child's development is a process of mastering the cultural tools that are essential for his cognitive development.
The child's development is a process of active participation in the cultural life of his society.
The child's development is a process of mastering the cultural tools that are necessary for his intellectual growth.
The child's development is a process of active interaction with the cultural tools of his society.
The child's development is a process of mastering the cultural tools that are crucial for his overall development.
What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.
Through others we become ourselves.
Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level.
The driving force of development is the child's interaction with adults and peers in a social environment.
Thought is a process that cannot exist without language.
Language is the tool of the tools.
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
The zone of proximal development is the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers.
The child's outstanding feature is his activity, and the driving force of development is not the child's nature, but the social environment.
To understand the development of the child's personality, we must consider the child's experiences in the social environment.