The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in
research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and …

The theories of Vygotsky are central to any serious discussion of children's learning
processes. Vygotsky argues that children do not develop in isolation, rather learning takes …

It was over 15 years ago that John Shotter and I began to discuss the need for an intellectual
sinew that might bind together the sweeping dialogues of discontent in the social sciences …

Postmodern scholarship poses significant challenges to pivotal assumptions of individual
knowledge, objectivity, and truth. In their place, an emphasis is placed on the communal …

Vygotsky at Work and Play is an intimate portrayal of the Vygotskian-inspired approach to
human development known as 'social therapeutics' and 'the psychology of becoming' …

Relativism in psychology unravels the truth claims and oppressive practices of the discipline,
but simply relativizing psychological knowledge has not been sufficient to comprehend and …

As the number of postmodern theoretical contributions to the literature of psychology has
grown, so have postmodernism's appeals and recognitions of its relevance. Many of these …

This article suggests that the principle of object-relatedness, introduced by Vygotsky and
expanded by AN Leontiev, can be used to conceptualize human subjectivity within a …

In early childhood education and care, Nordic social pedagogy approach is challenged by a
learning orientation that often results in unproductive 'either/or'thinking. Therefore, based on …

Deferential differentiation occurs when the curriculum modification process defers to
students' preferred ways of learning rather than relying on teachers' judgments. The …