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9781433113550 03 05 83499 PeterLang AG 01 Publishers Order No 311355 02 1433113554 03 9781433113550 15 9781433113550 BC 15 9781433113550 1 A01 Robert Lake Lake, Robert Robert Lake 01 eng IX 173 26 2.0 1571 10 EDU040000 10 PHI000000 10 PSY000000 12 HP 12 JM 12 JNA 20 Lev Vygotsky 20 Cultural and Historical Context in Learning 20 Russian psychologist 23 Peter Lang 07.01.01 Pädagogik; Philosophie der Erziehung 06 01 The <I>Vygotsky on Education Primer</I> serves as an introduction to the life and work of the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Even though he died almost eighty years ago, his life’s work remains both relevant and significant to the field of education today. This book examines Vygotsky’s emphasis on the role of cultural and historical context in learning, while challenging theories that emphasize a universalistic view of learning through fixed, biologically determined stages of development. Given our current preoccupation with standardized outcomes and the corporatization of schooling, Vygotsky’s most important ideas about education need to be reconsidered. The primer provides an overview of his two best-known ideas: the zone of proximal development and the development of thinking and speech as a means of empowerment, and discusses Vygotsky’s views of the roles of critical and creative imagination in the formation of personal agency and in creative collaboration. Applications to current practices from a wide range of sources clarify and promote relevance to diverse audiences. This primer presents the essence of Vygotsky’s work in language that is accessible to all students of education. 13 Robert Lake is an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in multicultural education from both a local and global perspective. He edited and contributed to <I>Dear Maxine: Letters from the Unfinished Conversation with Maxine Greene</I> (2010) and <I>Dear Nel: Opening the Circles of Care (Letters to Nel Noddings)</I> (2012). 04 03 01 http://www.peterlang.com/exportdatas/exportimages/onix/cover/9781433113550.jpg Copyright Peter Lang AG 20120208 http://www.peterlang.com/?311355 Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 01 05 89166 Peter Lang Publishing Inc. http://www.peterlang.com New York US 04 20120331 2012 01 WORLD 01 225 mm 02 150 mm 08 260 gr 05 83499 PeterLang AG 01 20 01 12 GBP GB Z 01 13.53 EUR Z 01 18.95 USD US Z 02 14.5 EUR DE R 02 14.9 EUR AT R 02 18 CHF CH R