Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ510857
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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The Concept of Development and the Development of Concepts. Education and Development in Vygotsky's Thinking.
van der Veer, Rene
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v9 n4 p293-300 Dec 1994
Maintains that a major theme in Lev Vygotsky's later research was concept formation or conceptual development in child development. States that Vygotsky argued that the acquisition of mature academic concepts forms the crowning achievement of adolescence. Argues that the view raises a number of criticisms. (CFR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Developmental Continuity, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Piagetian Theory, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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