Lev Vygotsky produced a theory of cognitive development that emphasises the important role that cultural forces play in development. He argued that human history consists of the development of new ...

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky, or Vygotsky, (1896 – 1934) was a Belarusian psychologist, author of cultural-historical psychology. The thinker emphasized the role of language and the social historical ...

Lev Vygotsky was born in 1896 and studied law at the University of Moscow. Beginning in 1924 Vygotsky began working in developmental psychology, education and psychopathology. His theories on language ...

It is based largely on the socio-cultural theories of Soviet psychologist, Lev Vygotsky. Under the social interactionist approach, a child's language development occurs within the child's construction ...