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9780521696135

The Neo-Vygotskian Approach to Child Development

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    9780521696135

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    0521696135

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-08-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

For the first time, the neo-Vygotskian approach to child development is introduced to English-speaking readers. Russian followers of Vygotsky have elaborated his ideas into a theory that integrates cognitive, motivational, and social aspects of child development with an emphasis on the role of children's activity as mediated by adults in their development. This theory has become the basis for an innovative analysis of periods in child development and of the mechanism of children's transitions from one period to the next. In this book, the discussion of the neo-Vygotskians' approach to child development is supported by a review of their empirical data, much of which has never before been available to English-speaking readers. The discussion is also supported by a review of recent empirical findings of Western researchers, which are highly consistent with the neo-Vygotskian analysis of child development.

Author Biography

Yuriy V. Karpov is Professor and Associate Dean at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Touro College

Table of Contents

List of Figuresp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Introduction: The Problem of Determinants and Mechanisms of Child Development; The Structure and Content of the Bookp. 1
Vygotsky's Approach to Child Developmentp. 15
The Neo-Vygotskian Elaboration of Vygotsky's Approach to Child Developmentp. 45
First Year of Life: Emotional Interactions With Caregivers as the Leading Activity of Infantsp. 77
Second and Third Years of Life: Object-Centered Joint Activity With Adults as the Leading Activity of Toddlersp. 109
Three- to Six-Year-Olds: Sociodramatic Play as the Leading Activity During the Period of Early Childhoodp. 139
The Period of Middle Childhood: Learning at School as Children's Leading Activityp. 171
The Period of Adolescence: Interactions With Peers as the Leading Activity of Adolescentsp. 203
Conclusion: The Neo-Vygotskian Approach to Child Development: Accomplishments and Shortcomingsp. 229
Referencesp. 241
Author Indexp. 273
Subject Indexp. 281
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