Tools of the Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education (2nd Edition) | 
|  | | | Title: | Tools of the Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education (2nd Edition) | | Author: | Elena Bodrova
Deborah Leong | | Publisher: | Prentice Hall | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 30 September, 2006 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0130278041 / 9780130278043 | | List Price: | $30.99 | | You Save: | $4.13 | | Amazon Price: | $26.86 | |
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As the only text of its kind, this book provides in-depth information about Vygotsky's theories, neo-Vygotskians' findings, and concrete explanations and strategies that instruct teachers how to influence student learning and development. Key changes to this edition include a new chapter on dynamic assessment, separate and expanded chapters on developmental accomplishments of infants and toddlers, preschool/kindergarten, and primary grades and on supporting those accomplishments, and elaborations of Vygotsky's ideas from neo-Vygotskians from Russia. FEATURES: *Written for the beginning student, the book provides a clear discussion of Vygotskian principles including...a historical overview and a complete chapter on the "Zone of Proximal Development," (ZPD). *Each section of the book builds on the other...framework, strategies, and applications of the Vygotskian approach. *The work of Vygotsky is compared in a fair and balanced way with the work of Piaget. *Examples and activities have been class-tested in a variety of classroom environments including a Head Start program, private preschool, and in the Denver Public Schools.
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Customer Reviews:
• Vygotsky Blows Piaget Out Of The Water! 20 April, 2008
This is an excellent resource. I think it is a tragedy that Vygotsky's educational and developmental philosophies have taken this long to be distributed in America and taken seriously. We would have a completely different educational system and level of achievement in our public schools were the teachings in this book made the norm and mastery of it was required before anyone got ahold of our young children in schools (or in the home in the role of parents generally or homeschooling parents). There is nothing I would have wanted to know before purchasing the product because I was familiar with Vygotsky theories from graduate studies in clinical psychology. Again, an excellent book. So much more relevant and quite frankly, accurate and helpful than any methods based soley on child-led learning and/or Piaget.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3BT1TALM7OD6W
• Great For Understanding The Vygotskian Philosophy 20 August, 2008
Great for understanding the Vygotskian philosophy.
I liked the comparisons and contrasts to Piaget and other popular early childhood philosophies.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2LVD7X223N0XU
• If You Don't Understand The Vygotskian Approach... 26 October, 2006
...look no further than this book. Even though reading Lev Vygotsky's own words in MIND IN SOCIETY is irreplaceable, most of us teachers have little time or patience to wade through that theoretical complexity.
Thus, Bordrova and Leong give us an excellent way to both understand V's theory and how it applies to each set of early childhood age ranges. Personally, I the infant and toddler sections are the most valuable because embellishing intersubjectivity at the earliest possible point of development will increase the child's ability to navigate and learn within an increasingly complex social setting.
Glorious text.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1UZAUE9UMKES3
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