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Critiquing Vygotsky’s Legacy: Exploring the Criticisms of His Sociocultural Theory

Introduction Lev Vygotsky, a name synonymous with groundbreaking ideas in developmental psychology, irrevocably shaped how we understand the acquisition of knowledge and the process of learning. His sociocultural theory, born from the fertile intellectual landscape of early 20th-century Russia, proposed a radical shift in the understanding of cognitive development. Unlike his contemporaries who focused primarily … Read more

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