Lev Vygotski

Semyonovich Lev Vygotsky was born on Friday November 17, 1896 in the town of Orsha, Russia.

It fits in medicine and then law at the University of Moscow,finishing both races in 1917, and graduated in 1918. Then, go back to the city of Gomel, with a longing difficult to fulfill: to teachpsychology and literature.

His bibliography includes 180 titles, of which 80 are published.

He was one of the most prominent theorists of developmental psychology, discovered and reported by academics in the Western world in the 1960's.

As for his work highlighting issues such as:

• The origin and development of higher mental functions
• The philosophy of science
• Psychological research methodologies
• The relationship between learning and human development
• Conceptual training
• The relationship between language and thought
• The psychology of art
• The game is understood as a psychological phenomenon
• The study of learning disorders
• Abnormal human development (defectology branch was called).

His early death made ​​him known as the Mozart of psychology.

He died on June 11, 1934 in Moscow, Soviet Union.