Since then, Vygotsky's works have been translated many times over and have gained international recognition, particularly in the area of education. Jean Piaget and Vygotsky were contemporaries, ...

says Linda Pound Lev Vygotsky was a Russian Jew, born in 1896 – the same year as Jean Piaget. Unlike Piaget, who lived into his eighties, Vygotsky died at the tragically young age of 37 from ...