Sociocultural approaches to learning and development: A Vygotskian framework.

Artículo escrito por Vera John-Stainer y Holbrook Mahn en 1996
Educational Psychologist Vol. 31 Nº 3-4
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Resumen

Sociocultural approaches emphasize the interdependence of social and individual processes in the co-construction of knowledge. This article uses three central tenets of a Vygotskian framework to examine the relationship between learning and development: (a) social sources of individual development, (b) semiotic (signs and symbols, including language) mediation in human development, and (c) genetic (developmental) analysis. The role played by culture and language in human development is an essential aspect of the Vygotskian framework and provides an overarching theme for this article. The methodological foundation of this framework is examined, particularly as it contrasts with other perspectives on the process of internalization of social interaction in the construction of knowledge.

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