CULTURAL MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Authors
COLE M
Citation
M. Cole, CULTURAL MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, Voprosy psihologii, (3), 1995, pp. 5-20
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
Journal title
Voprosy psihologii → ACNP
ISSN journal
00428841
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
5 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-8841(1995):3<5:CMOD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The article is a shortened version of invited lecture for Conference h onoring the scientific legacy of L.S. Vygotsky, Moscow, September, 199 4. It discusses a topic that was central to L.S. Vygotsky's concern: t he role of culture in human development. The author illustrates the af finities between Russian ideas about culture in development and ideas derived from American and European scholars and presents an example of evaluation of the correctness of the theory with respect to a central ly important form of behavior in society - the ability to read for mea ning.