Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature may differ most profoundly.
Lev S. VygotskyThe true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social, but from the social to the individual.
Lev S. VygotskyBy giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own.
Lev S. VygotskyAny 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