This article provides a reconception of what is known as Vygotsky's “zone of proximal
development,” particularly its improper conflation with the notion of “instructional …

Background The conceptualisation of medical competence is central to its use in
competency‐based medical education. Calls for 'fixed standards' with 'flexible pathways' …

Vygotsky at Work and Play is an intimate portrayal of the Vygotskian-inspired approach to
human development known as 'social therapeutics' and 'the psychology of becoming' …

The phenomenon of perezhivanie has received increasing attention in recent years;
however, an understanding of perezhivanie as a concept remains elusive. This article …

This paper examines the evolution of the professional identities of student teachers (STs) in
a paired-placement teaching practicum in Vietnam. The study draws on activity theory, its …

This chapter, advancing Vygotsky's original definitions, makes an important distinction
between the two meanings of perezhivanie—perezhivanie as a psychological …

This article discusses Vygotsky's definitions of the concept of perezhivanie, its
contradictions, and gaps. The concept of perezhivanie was first discussed by Vygotsky …

In this book Peter Smagorinsky reconsiders his many publications employing Vygotsky's
theory of culturally-mediated human development and applies them, through a unified and …

LS Vygotsky, the psychologist and teacher from Byelorussia who became a central figure in
Soviet psychological and educational circles in the 1920s and 1930s, has become a …

The pioneering work of Gardner and Lambert (1959) is responsible for drawing the attention
of applied linguistics and language educators to the relevance of non-cognitive factors in the …