Review of the Article by Orlando Lourenco:Piaget and Vygotsky: Many resemblances, and a crucial difference(NewIdeasinPsychology 30 (2012) P. 281-295)

• Main Authors: Alexeyeva G.V., Yermolova T.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2013-06-01
• Series: Современная зарубежная психология
• Subjects: Piaget; Vygotsky; Autonomy; Heteronomy; Development; Learning
• Online Access: http://psyjournals.ru/files/61159/jmfp_2013_2_n3_Yermolova.pdf

The article sets a goal to introduce readers to the article of Orlando Lourenco, professor of Lisbon University, who suggests totally new (and from his point of view unreasonably ignored for a long period of time) parameters of assessing resemblances and differences in approaches of two influential developmental psychologists (Piaget and Vygotsky) to several fundamental problems of psychology: 1)the origins of knowledge and motor of development; 2) influence of equal vs. those based on authorities relations on child development and learning; 3) the more appropriate method for studying developmental changes; 4)the importance of the distinction between true vs. necessary knowledge;5) the role of transformation vs. transmission in the development and learning phenomena.