Speech and the Development of Mental Processes in the Child

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The work on language by what has been called the Russian school of psychologists has come increasingly to seem of central importance to anyone interested in education. In a series of studies writers such as A. R. Luria and L. S. Vigotsky have demonstrated, with subtlety and scrupulousness, the central role which language plays in the development of the child. This reprint of A. R. Luria and F. la. Yudovich's study has a new introduction by Professor James Britton which demonstrates the book's continuing significance for teachers and students of education. Professor Britton writes: 'I have discussed Speech and the development of mentái processes in the child with a great many teachers and students since the time the English translation was first published in 1959. It has rarely failed, in my experience, to make a strong impact; and its importance has seemed to grow rather than decline as the field in which it operates has become more familiar. It is impossible, moreover, to read the... Tovább

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The work on language by what has been called the Russian school of psychologists has come increasingly to seem of central importance to anyone interested in education. In a series of studies writers such as A. R. Luria and L. S. Vigotsky have demonstrated, with subtlety and scrupulousness, the central role which language plays in the development of the child. This reprint of A. R. Luria and F. la. Yudovich's study has a new introduction by Professor James Britton which demonstrates the book's continuing significance for teachers and students of education. Professor Britton writes: 'I have discussed Speech and the development of mentái processes in the child with a great many teachers and students since the time the English translation was first published in 1959. It has rarely failed, in my experience, to make a strong impact; and its importance has seemed to grow rather than decline as the field in which it operates has become more familiar. It is impossible, moreover, to read the book without finding, between the lines, the humán concern and sympathies of its authors: hence, among many other reasons, the honour I feel in being allowed to introduce it to a further generation of readers of the English language.' '[Teachers] will respond to its implicit warmth and the detailed records of the children's conversation' Child Education Vissza