Vygotsky Podcast

(Originally posted Jan 23, 2020) Why is Vygotsky's most famous concept still "a victim of misunderstanding"?  

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(Originally posted Jan 23, 2020) What's better: theory or practice?  

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(Originally posted Jan 23, 2020) Are hard-science concepts similar to social-science ones?  Are they equally reliable? 

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(Originally posted Jan 23, 2020) "And then we look: do they have enough higher psychological functions to overcome this?" 

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(Originally posted Jan 23, 2020) An interesting explanation of lower and higher mental functions 

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(Originally posted Jun 16, 2020) Nikolai Veresov explains, via analogy, the difference between transformation and qualitative reorganization.  

Full interview here: http://tiny.cc/lj0uqz

(Originally posted March 2, 2020 at http://tiny.cc/4nylsz) I am trying to understand Vygotsky's theory in a way that's easy to explain.  This is harder than I had hoped.  For instance, a sufficient understanding of dialectics appears to be a requirement.  Here, I share helpful notes from a trusted source -- Kevin deLaplante -- with sincere thanks. 

About Kevin: https://www.argumentninja.com/about

(Originally posted July 26, 2020 at http://tiny.cc/4nylsz) Some interesting paragraphs from Thinking & Speech, Ch. 6, pp. 169-70 

(Originally published Jul 17, 2020) Nikolai Veresov says that understanding dialectics is a prerequisite for grasping the depth of Vygotsky's project, since "cultural-historical theory is the result of the application of dialectics into psychology." For instance, somewhat obscure concepts such as neoformations, drama, zpd, the process of development, and more become much clearer through the lens of dialectical logic.  

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More on Vygotsky's application of dialectics here: http://tiny.cc/zqijsz

Early 90s BBC documentary, relevant to Vygotsky studies and much more. 

Interesting background from Peter Smagorinsky here: http://tiny.cc/op8quz