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Bodrova, Elena; Leong, Deborah J. – American Journal of Play, 2015
The authors argue that childhood played a special role in the cultural-historical theory of human culture and biosocial development made famous by Soviet psychologist Lev S. Vygotsky and his circle. Th?ey discuss how this school of thought has, in turn, influenced contemporary play studies. Vygotsky used early childhood to test and refi?ne his…
Descriptors: Play, Cultural Influences, Social History, Social Development