Vygotsky Podcast

Nikolai Veresov makes an interesting observation about the links between culture, humanity, thinking, and the importance of 'ideal forms'  (Originally published Jun 16, 2020)

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Nikolai Veresov explains how Vygotsky solved a logical conundrum by shifting from one logical paradigm to another, thereby focusing on 'objective processes' instead of subjective phenomena.  (Originally published Jun 15, 2020)

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"The general advice is: when the child has a problem, don't think it it because of genetics; don't think it's because of brain disorder. Think about: maybe the child was not supported . . . think about how to introduce the tools he or she probably doesn't have" (Originally published Apr 25, 2020)

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Psychologist Nikolai Veresov describes Vygotsky's "most important" law of 4 stages of development of human higher psychological functions (HPFs).  Veresov suggests that students might struggle because one or more of their HPFs (e.g., thinking, memory, imagination, will, attention) has been interrupted at one of the stages of development.  (Originally published Apr 20, 2020)

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Do we teach argument naively?  Too rigidly? (Originally published April 19, 2020)

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For what it's worth, I think it's great to talk up and promote your own book.  If I ever wrote one, I'd talk about it all the time :  )  Here, Nikolai Veresov introduces his recent project with David Kellogg -- their translation and commentary on Vygotsky's late-career lectures on pedology: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-0528-7  (Originally published April 18, 2020)

*excerpted from a chat on "the Principle of Developmental Tools" http://tiny.cc/mnpmsz

"HPFs are all different: thinking is not the same as memory; memory is not the same as imagination; imagination is not the same as will; and will is not the same as attention. 'But my task,' Vygotsky said, 'my task is not to find what separates them; my task is to find what is similar . . . "  (Originally published April 18, 2020)

*excerpted from a chat on "the Principle of Developmental Tools" http://tiny.cc/mnpmsz

"It is not the stick that takes the banana; it's chimpanzee-using-stick to take the banana"  

*excerpted from a chat on "the Principle of Developmental Tools" http://tiny.cc/mnpmsz

Peter Smagorinsky compares the well-known ZPD concept (zone of proximal development) with the less-known, longer-looking ZND (zone of next development).  (Originally published Mar 11, 2020)

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References: "Is Instructional Scaffolding Actually Vygotskian, and Why Should It Matter to Literacy Teachers?" https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaal.756 

The Butterflies of Zagorsk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterflies_of_Zagorsk

How specific predicaments can force the development of skills, and fuel the dynamic transition between stages  (Originally published Feb 10, 2020)

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