Tools of Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education
This unique text provides in-depth information about major concepts and principles of the cultural-historical theory developed by Lev Vygotsky, his students and colleagues, as well as three generations of neo-Vygotskian scholars in Russia and in the West. Tools of the Mind enables teachers to arm young children with the mental tools necessary for learning.\ Concrete explanations and strategies on how to scaffold young children’s learning and development are provided throughout the text. These...
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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.
SECTION I The Vygotskian Framework: The Cultural-Historical Theory of DevelopmentChapter 1 Introduction to the Vygotskian ApproachChapter 2 Acquiring Mental Tools and Higher Mental FunctionsChapter 3 The Vygotskian Framework and Other Theories of Development and LearningSECTION II Strategies for Development and LearningChapter 4 The Zone of Proximal DevelopmentChapter 5 Tactics: Using MediatorsChapter 6 Tactics: Using LanguageChapter 7 Tactics: Using Shared ActivitiesSECTION III Applying the Vygotskian Approach to Development and Learning in Early ChildhoodChapter 8 Developmental Accomplishments and Leading Activity: Infants and ToddlersChapter 9 Supporting the Developmental Accomplishments of Infants and ToddlersChapter 10 Developmental Accomplishments and the Leading Activity: Preschool and KindergartenChapter 11 Supporting the Developmental Accomplishments in Preschool and KindergartenChapter 12 Developmental Accomplishments and the Leading Activity: Primary GradesChapter 13 Supporting the Developmental Accomplishments in the Primary GradesChapter 14 Dynamic Assessment: Application of the Zone of Proximal DevelopmentEpilogueGlossaryReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index
