Piaget and Vygotsky revisited: Dialogue or assimilation?

Journal/Book: Develop Rev. 1995; 15: 525B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. Academic Press Inc Jnl-Comp Subscriptions. 458-472.

Abstract: In response to suggestions for merging Piagetian and Vygotskian psychology on the basis of their apparent similarity (e.g., Glassman, 1994), it is argued that numerous differences between the two paradigms constitute fundamental principled disagreements, and that these ought not to be minimized or simplified. Some fundamental differences involve underlying philosophy, social influences on development, the nature of the developmental process itself, developmental stages, and universality of cognitive structures. It is argued that a project of combining Piagetian and Vygotskian psychology would be premature at best. and that continued dialogue between these two distinct perspectives would be of greater value.

Note: Article RM Duncan, Univ Waterloo, Dept Psychol, Waterloo, on N2L 3G1, Canada

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