(S4,Ep33) A different way to think about struggling students (Vygotskian)
Psychologist Nikolai Veresov describes Vygotsky's "most important" law of 4 stages of development of human higher psychological functions (HPFs). Veresov suggests that students might struggle because...
7 Aug 20202min
(S4,Ep32) Talking Argument with Michael Smith
Do we teach argument naively? Too rigidly? (Originally published April 19, 2020) Full video: http://tiny.cc/zopmsz
7 Aug 20201min
(S4,Ep31) New Vygotsky book
For what it's worth, I think it's great to talk up and promote your own book. If I ever wrote one, I'd talk about it all the time : ) Here, Nikolai Veresov introduces his recent project with David ...
7 Aug 202010min
(S4,Ep30) What is universal about human psychological development?
"HPFs are all different: thinking is not the same as memory; memory is not the same as imagination; imagination is not the same as will; and will is not the same as attention. 'But my task,' Vygotsky ...
7 Aug 20202min
(S4,Ep29) Nikolai Veresov on Mediation - What or Who?
"It is not the stick that takes the banana; it's chimpanzee-using-stick to take the banana" *excerpted from a chat on "the Principle of Developmental Tools" http://tiny.cc/mnpmsz
7 Aug 20202min
(S4,Ep28) What is the Zone of NEXT Development?
Peter Smagorinsky compares the well-known ZPD concept (zone of proximal development) with the less-known, longer-looking ZND (zone of next development). (Originally published Mar 11, 2020) Source: ht...
7 Aug 20202min
(S4,Ep27) Andy Blunden on how specific predicaments create a need for development
How specific predicaments can force the development of skills, and fuel the dynamic transition between stages (Originally published Feb 10, 2020) Full video: http://tiny.cc/13ntjz
7 Aug 20202min
(S4,Ep26) Andy Blunden on conflict-resolution and development
How does 'the social situation' influence development? It's a dynamic process . . . (Originally published Feb 10, 2020) Full video: http://tiny.cc/13ntjz
7 Aug 20202min
