The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521831040 ISBN 13: 9780521831048

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

L. S. Vygotsky was an early twentieth century Russian social theorist whose writing exerts a significant influence on the development of social theory in the early twenty first century. His non-deterministic, non-reductionist account of the formation of mind provides current theorietical developments with a broadly drawn yet very powerful sketch of the ways in which humans shape and are shaped by social, cultural, and historical conditions. The Cambridge Companion to Vygotsky is a comprehensive text that provides students, academics, and practioners with a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.

About this title

Book Description:

L. S. Vygotsky was an early twentieth century Russian social theorist whose writing exerts a significant influence on the development of social theory in the early twenty first century. This book is a comprehensive text that provides students, academics, and practioners with a critical perspective on Vygotsky and his work.

About the Author:

Harry Daniels is the Director of the Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory Research (Bath) at The University of Bath. He is also Adjunct Professor, Centre for Learning Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, and Research Professor, Centre for Human Activity Theory, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. Harry Daniels is the author of Vygotsky and Pedagogy and editor of An Introduction to Vygotsky and Charting the Agenda: Educational Activity after Vygotsky. His books have been translated into Japanese, Portuguese (in Brazil and Europe), and Spanish.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521831040
• ISBN 13: 9780521831048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Daniels Harry, Cole Michael, Wertsch James V.