Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Vygotsky who?
One of the eminent psychologist whose findings and theories were ignored till recently. It is quite suprising because his writings and his findings have more practical implications in today's world.
Thus he was way ahead of his time.In his book "Thought and Language" he emphasize on the role culture and language plays in improving the brain connections and the functioning fo the brain. According to him "the zone of proximal development" keeps increasing as we expose the growing human to various things in the surroundings which builds the connections and thus the memory.
Well this is just a small description about him and his work. You can find more on the sites:http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html
http://www.kolar.org/vygotsky/
Thus he was way ahead of his time.In his book "Thought and Language" he emphasize on the role culture and language plays in improving the brain connections and the functioning fo the brain. According to him "the zone of proximal development" keeps increasing as we expose the growing human to various things in the surroundings which builds the connections and thus the memory.
Well this is just a small description about him and his work. You can find more on the sites:http://tip.psychology.org/vygotsky.html
http://www.kolar.org/vygotsky/
