VYGOTSKY AND PIAGET - A COLLECTIVE MONOLOGUE

This article presents a first and incomplete chronology of publication s by Piaget and Vygotsky in which they criticize each other's ideas. I t is shown that a genuine critical dialogue between the two failed to develop because Piaget did not reply to Vygotsky's lengthy criticisms at first. Several reasons for Piaget's initial reticence are considere d.