VYGOTSKY,L.S. CONCEPT AND SYMBOLIC FUNCTI ON DEVELOPMENT

L. S. Vygotskys fundamental notions concerning the role of symbols in psychological development can be used as a foundation for research in the development of symbolic functions. Different kinds of developing p rograms are described: the course of symbolic propedevtics aimed at th e mastering of general semiotic rules; the courses of introduction of music and mathematics based not only on subject content and means of a cting but on semiotics too. The author discusses the role of semiotic logics in educational courses.