Vygotsky in perspective / Ronald Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Ronald, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vygotskiĭ, L. S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934.

Vygotskiĭ, L. S.

Psychologists--Soviet Union.

Psychologists.

Psychology--Soviet Union--History.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 451 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Lev Vygotsky has acquired the status of one of the grand masters in psychology. Following the English translation and publication of his Collected Works there has been a new wave of interest in Vygotsky, accompanied by a burgeoning of secondary literature. Ronald Miller argues that Vygotsky is increasingly being 'read' and understood through secondary sources and that scholars have claimed Vygotsky as the foundational figure for their own theories, eliminating his most distinctive contributions and distorting his theories. Miller peels away the accumulated layers of commentary to provide a clearer understanding of how Vygotsky built and developed his arguments. In an in-depth analysis of the last three chapters of Vygotsky's book Thinking and Speech, Miller provides a critical interpretation of the core theoretical concepts that constitute Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory, including the development of concepts, mediation, the zone of proximal development, conscious awareness, inner speech, word meaning and consciousness.

Contents:

Introduction

A thematic overview

The development of concepts

The development of scientific concepts

The development of scientific concepts : critique

Thought and word

Michael Cole : artifact mediated action, setting the record straight

James V. Wertsch : cultural tools and mediated action, getting it wrong

James V. Wertsch : mediation and the zone of proximal development

The essential commentators

Vygotsky : mediation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22033-5

1-139-06363-4

1-283-11887-4

9786613118875

1-139-07598-5

1-139-07024-X

1-139-08054-7

1-139-07825-9

0-511-73658-4

1-139-08281-7

OCLC:

729166643