7 Quotes & Sayings By Lev S Vygotsky

Lev Semenovich Vygotsky was born on March 19, 1896 in the mining town of Gomel, Russia. He became a psychology professor in Moscow and later a psychology teacher at the Leningrad State University. In 1928, he wrote his first book, Thought and Language. In 1934 he was sent to a labour camp for nine months where he wrote the book Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes Read more

After his release from prison he joined the Soviet Academy of Education then moved to the United States in 1940 where he established the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Intelligence in 1945. He died on February 14, 1934 at age 37.

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Through others we become ourselves. Lev S. Vygotsky
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A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow. Lev S. Vygotsky
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Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a physical object or some mental or emotional construct that lives within the person who created it and is known only to him. Lev S. Vygotsky
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By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own. Lev S. Vygotsky
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... People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls. Lev S. Vygotsky
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The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider. Lev S. Vygotsky