List of My Books - Mind in Society - the first entry

I have added a new list on the right hand page of my blog, called 'list of my books'.

This is my first entry. This book called Mind in Society is based upon the works of Vygotsky and covers his concept of the Zone of Proximal Development.

Vygotsky described the zone of proximal development as:
“…the distance between the actual development level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers” (1978: 86).

Vygotsky adds:
“an essential feature of learning is that it creates the zone of proximal development; that is, learning awakens a variety of internal developmental processes that are able to operate only when a child is interacting with people in his environment and in cooperation with his peers” (1978: 90).

Michael Cole is one of the editors for this book.

Vygotsky, L.S. (1978) Mind in Society. Harvard University Press. Cambridge MA.