• Corpus ID: 58933619

The Sociocultural Focus in the Study of Education and Development

@inproceedings{Rodrguez1999TheSF,
  title={The Sociocultural Focus in the Study of Education and Development},
  author={Miguel A. Rodr{\'i}guez},
  year={1999}
}

• Miguel A. Rodríguez
• Published 1999
• Psychology

This work addresses the theoretical and methodological fundamentals of the sociocultural and sociohistorical focus of the higher psychological functions, which come from the propositions of Vygotsky and his collaborators (Luria & Leontiev). This theory of development is distinguished by an emphasis on the social origin of psychological phenomena, and proposes a methodological character which has to do with mediated action as a unit of analysis. Based on this focus it tries to explain the relationships established between learning and development, extending the notions of semiotic mediation and the zone of proximal development, as lines of theoretical reflection which guide the formation of our concepts and the empirical approaches we make in the field of education. The last part of this essay attempts to link such propositions with our educational context, and contains some considerations which may be useful in the orientation of educational practice, as well as in research on psychological development.