Problems of Instruction and Development in the Works of N. A. Menchinskaia.

Iakimanskaia, I. S.

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Publication Date: 1996

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Problems of Instruction and Development in the Works of N. A. Menchinskaia.

Iakimanskaia, I. S.

Russian Education and Society, v38 n3 p74-96 Mar 1996

Reviews the career and contributions of N. A. Menchinskaia, from her tutelage under Vygotsky in the 1930s, to her emergence as one of the Soviet Union's preeminent educational psychologists. For over 50 years, Menchinskaia researched knowledge acquisition and cognitive development. Discusses her major theories and places them in the overall context of Soviet pedagogy. (MJP)

Descriptors: Child Psychology, Cognitive Development, Educational History, Educational Psychology, Educational Theories, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Marxism, Social Science Research, Teachers, Women Administrators

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Russia

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