This book is an introduction to Vygotsky and his theories of language and second language acquisition. Employing a dual framework of metatheory and metaphor, th

Alex Kozulin, translator of Vygotsky's work and distinguished Russian-American psychologist, has written the first major intellectual biography about Vygotsky's

Vygotsky is widely considered one of the most significant and influential psychologists of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, true appreciation of his theorie

Analyzes the educational implications and applications of Soviet psychologist L.S. Vygotsky's ideas.

Ratner, of Humboldt State U., breathes new life into a very important but generally neglected viewpoint that psychological functions are quintessentially social