Turning Vygotsky on His Head: Vygotsky's "Scientifically Based Method" and the Socioculturalist's "Social Other."

Turning Vygotsky on His Head: Vygotsky's "Scientifically Based Method" and the Socioculturalist's "Social Other."

Attempts to understand Vygotsky's perspective in relation to Marxist epistemology and critically examines the sociocultural interpretation of Vygotsky. Shows that the relativism of the sociocultural school not only takes Vygotsky's zone of proximal development out of its social and histori...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science & education 2000, Vol.9 (6), p.537
1. Verfasser: Rowlands, Stuart
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Constructivism (Learning)
Epistemology
Higher Education
Instruction
Science Education
Sociocultural Patterns
Theory Practice Relationship
Vygotsky (Lev S)
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Zusammenfassung:Attempts to understand Vygotsky's perspective in relation to Marxist epistemology and critically examines the sociocultural interpretation of Vygotsky. Shows that the relativism of the sociocultural school not only takes Vygotsky's zone of proximal development out of its social and historical context, but downplays the zone of proximal development as a dynamic research methodology. (Author/SAH)
ISSN:0926-7220
DOI:10.1023/A:1008748901374