Lev Vygotsky was born in Vítebsk in a jewish family, he was the second among eight children. In his adolescence Lev was fanatic of the theatre, but he studied medicine; afterwards, he taught psychology and logic in the Pedagogic Institute. Subsequently, Lev Vygotsky dedicated to write essays and create psychology laboratories. Among them stand out a laboratory to study childrens of the kinder garden. Lev Vygotsky generated a new thinking in Development Psychology, with basis in authors as such Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Wolfgang Köhler, Daniel Stern and Arnold Gesell. This thinking allowed work with cases of children illiterates and problematics (in those days be lefty considered abnormal).
I like Vygotsky because his thinking allowed see to the different childrens of a distinct form. With his theory of the "Near Development Area" allowed that each one worked in his own rate, removing the competition in the education.
I recently read about Vygotski and I found it very interesting specially the "near development area" because I think is very critical about the chilean education and also he made a critic about behaviorism that I think he's right about it.
ResponderEliminarHi Camilo, I think that Lev Vygotski makes a great contribution to psychology, in special in the development psychology. Sometimes I think that all are very different if the his ideas being considered. Bye :)
ResponderEliminarHi camilo!!! Vygotski remember me Victor Molina jaja, he always talks about Vygotski, Piaget, Pears and others jeje... But I like topics that Vygotski talks, and I think his ideas are important for education.
ResponderEliminarIn my first year on my career (sociology) I had a subject called Psicology with the professor Cabrera. He talked about Vigotsky but just we were going to stricke. I hope learn more about him someday.
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