Vygotsky's Creativity
August 2011 Book Review
Vygotsky and Creativity A Cultural-‐historical Approach to Play, Meaning Making, and the Arts
By Paige Lunde
Why have the arts all too often been neglected by leaders and scholars in our contemporary society? M. Cathrene Connery, Vera P. John-‐Steiner, and Ana Marhanovic-‐Shane have edited a meaningful, passionate and all-‐embracing book on the mediation between imagination and creativity. Their focus on the ideas of Russian psychologist, L.S. Vygotsky examine connections between past theory and future tools. More importantly, they focus on his framework for defining the association between feeling, imagination, and sign systems.
Art making, role-‐playing, and dance are the breath of children coming into understanding themselves and the world. And, lucky for us, Vygotsky was compelled to dedicate his life’s work to the psychology of art and how it related to child development. His theories focus on how play and learning awaken a variety of developmental processes that appear when the child is interacting with peers. He explores concepts of thought and speech, further defining connections between the way
Vygotsky and Creativity A Cultural-‐historical Approach to Play, Meaning Making, and the Arts
By Paige Lunde
Why have the arts all too often been neglected by leaders and scholars in our contemporary society? M. Cathrene Connery, Vera P. John-‐Steiner, and Ana Marhanovic-‐Shane have edited a meaningful, passionate and all-‐embracing book on the mediation between imagination and creativity. Their focus on the ideas of Russian psychologist, L.S. Vygotsky examine connections between past theory and future tools. More importantly, they focus on his framework for defining the association between feeling, imagination, and sign systems.
Art making, role-‐playing, and dance are the breath of children coming into understanding themselves and the world. And, lucky for us, Vygotsky was compelled to dedicate his life’s work to the psychology of art and how it related to child development. His theories focus on how play and learning awaken a variety of developmental processes that appear when the child is interacting with peers. He explores concepts of thought and speech, further defining connections between the way