Yuriy V. Karpov is Professor and Associate Dean at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Touro College. He did his undergraduate and graduate work at the School of Psychology of Moscow State University, the center of Vygotsky-based studies in the former Soviet Union. His studies on the implementation of Vygotsky's ideas in education, psychological assessment, and the analysis of child development have been published as books, chapters, and journal articles in Russian, English, and Spanish.
Introduction: the problem of determinants and mechanisms of child
development; 1. Vygotsky's approach to child development; 2. The
neo-Vygotskian elaboration of Vygotsky's approach to child development; 3.
First year of life: emotional interactions with caregivers as the leading
activity of infants; 4. Second and third years of life: object-centered
joint activity with adults as the leading activity of toddlers; 5. Three to
six-year-olds: sociodramatic play as the leading activity during the period
of early childhood; 6. The period of middle childhood: learning at school
as children's leading activity; 7. The period of adolescence: interactions
with peers as the leading activity of adolescents; 8. Conclusion - the
neo-Vygotskian approach to child development: accomplishments and
shortcomings.
