Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Semyonovich Vygotskywas a Soviet psychologist, the founder of a theory of human cultural and bio-social development commonly referred to as cultural-historical psychology, and leader of the Vygotsky Circle...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 November 1896
CountryRussian Federation
basic level possible
A child's greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.
alone child cooperation
What a child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow.
above age average child daily head taller though
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
discovery level love reach
Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus.
applied feelings formed human possible reason society somehow talented understood view
Somehow our society has formed a one-sided view of the human personality, and for some reason everyone understood giftedness and talent only as it applied to the intellect. But it is possible not only to be talented in one's thoughts but also to be talented in one's feelings as well.