Vygotsky for Educators

Lev Vygotsky's approach to children's learning and development centers on adult mediation: adults engage children in age-appropriate activities and promote in this context the development of new motives and tools for thinking, problem solving, and self-regulation. Although this approach has earned widespread recognition in the global scientific community, English-speaking educators remain relatively unfamiliar with its contemporary elaborations for practical application. Yuriy V. Karpov offers the first comprehensive English introduction to contemporary elaborations of Vygotsky's ideas and their practical applications from birth through adolescence. He demonstrates the advantages of the Vygotskian approach over both traditional and constructivist education. This volume will prove an invaluable resource for educators and students in teacher education programs, as well as for everyone interested in educational and developmental psychology.

Author: Yuriy V. Karpov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/16/2014
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781107637498

About the Author
Karpov, Yuriy V.: - Yuriy V. Karpov is Professor of Psychology and Education and Associate Dean at the Graduate School of Education of Touro College, New York. He is the author of The Neo-Vygotskian Approach to Child Development (2005), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters in English, Russian, French and Spanish. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology and is a member of the American Educational Research Association and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology.