Lev Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky (1934)
If you're curious, here's Vygotsky's Wikipedia entry.
he died at the age of 38
A moving obituary by Alexander Luria, another eminent psychologist responsible for articulating and advocating cultural-historical psychology (a precursor to sociocultural/situative perspectives).
Vygotsky argued, "learning is a necessary and universal aspect of the process of developing culturally organized, specifically human psychological function" (1978, p. 90).
We'll encounter this quote in full context during our first Cycle's reading.