{"id":1641,"date":"2022-10-17T21:46:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2022-10-17T21:46:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:46:45","slug":"lev-vygotsky-who-he-was-and-what-he-has-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationaltechnology.net\/lev-vygotsky-who-he-was-and-what-he-has-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Lev Vygotsky: Who He Was and What He Has Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who is most known for his theories on developmental psychology. He published on a wide variety of topics. His ideas changed over the years. He pioneered the concept of the zone of proximal development <\/a>(see also Scaffolding<\/a>), as well as the role of culture and language in cognitive development<\/a>. Vygotsky wanted “to create a new and comprehensive approach to human psychological processes” (3<\/sup>, p. 168).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lev Semionovich Vygotsky was born in Orsha, Belarus (at that time, part of the Russian empire) on November 17th, 1896. A brilliant intellectual, developmental psychologist, social activist, and teacher whose work revolved around education, Vygotsky died on June 11th, 1934, aged 38. <\/p>\n\n\n