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Vygotsky's Pedology of the School Age (Paperback)
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Vygotsky's Pedology of the School Age (Paperback)
Series: Perspectives on Human Development
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This is an edited (introduced and annotated) book by the Russian
psychologist Lev Vygotsky who belongs to the most well-known social
scientists of the previous century and whose body of writings still
serves as a source of inspiration for present-day researchers in
psychology, education, linguistics, and so on. The book had not
been translated into any language and was virtually unknown to the
scientific community, because it is extremely hard to find a copy
of the original. The book will cause excitement among those
familiar with Vygotsky's writings, because it deals with an aspect
of his life and work that is little known, notably his involvement
with child studies or, as it is also known, pedology (paidology,
paedology). Child studies was a new discipline launched by the
American G. Stanley Hall which aimed to offer a comprehensive study
of the child including psychological, educational, medical, and
social aspects. The discipline enjoyed a brief popularity in the US
and Europe until WW 1 and continued its existence in the USSR until
1936 when it was forbidden. The book gives a unique insight into
Russian and Soviet pedology and will be interesting to anyone
interested in developmental and general psychology, education, and
the social history of these disciplines. As the book requires
virtually no previous knowledge it can be read with profit by both
undergraduate and graduate students and professors. An additional
asset for those specifically interested in Vygotsky's theorizing is
that it shows a whole new light on the social-historical and
political background of his ideas. The book is introduced by an
essay that explains the historical embeddedness of Vygotsky's ideas
and the footnotes and list of brief biographies of key figures make
it particularly easy to understand the book's content and context.
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