1st Edition

Piaget Vygotsky The Social Genesis Of Thought

Edited By Anastasia Tryphon, Jacques Vonèche Copyright 1996
224 Pages
by Psychology Press

224 Pages
by Psychology Press

This book is the outcome of a long and passionate debate among world experts about two of the most pivotal figures of psychology: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotksy. The occasion was a week-long advanced course held at the Jean Piaget Archives in Geneva. The most interesting outcome of the meeting is that, in spite of differences in aims and scopes (epistemogenesis versus psychogenesis), in units of... Read more
A. Tryphon, J. Vonèche, Introduction. R. Wozniak, Qu'est-ce que l'intelligence? Piaget, Vygotsky, and the 1920s Crisis in Psychology. J.V. Wertsch, The Role of Abstract Rationality in Vygotsky's Image of Mind. R. van der Veer, Structure and Development. Reflections by Vygotsky. E. Marti, The Mechanisms of Internalisation/Externalisation of Knowledge in Piaget's and Vygotsky's Theories. J-P. Bronckart, Units of Analysis and Interpretation of Development. What is a "Developmental Explanation"? L. Smith, The Social Construction of Rational Understanding. J. Brockmeier, Construction and Interpretation: Exploring a Joint Perspective on Piaget and Vygotsky. A.L. Brown, K.E. Metz, J.C. Campione, Social Interaction and Individual Understanding in a Community of Learners: The Influence of Piaget and Vygotsky. J. Berthoud-Papandropoulou, H. Kilcher, Relations Between the Clinical Method and the Zone of Proximal Development in a Constructivist Approach to the Study of Language Acquisition. I. Vila, Intentionality, Communication and Language. J. Piaget, Some Impressions of a Visit to Soviet Psychologists.

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Anastasia Tryphon, Jacques Voneche