L.S. Vygotsky: History of the Future

Abstract

Background. The editorial article reflects the main concept of the issue of the journal, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the death of L.S. Vygotsky - an outstanding Russian scientist, whose works had a noticeable influence on the development of psychology and pedagogy in the world. Objectives. The goal is to demonstrate the relevance of the principles of the cultural-historical approach of L.S. Vygotsky at the current stage of development in psychological and pedagogical science and practice. Results. The article reveals the content of the publications of the journal issue devoted to the sources of the emergence of Vygotsky's scientific school, his biography, empirical and theoretical and methodological research carried out in line with the cultural-historical approach. It also displays Vygotsky's invaluable contribution to the development of education and science in Russia and abroad. Conclusion. The articles presented in this issue discuss the fundamental principles and postulates of the cultural-historical approach, as well as outline ways of research concretization of the idea of the systemic and semantic structure of consciousness. The significant contribution of the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University to the development of research in the field of cultural-historical psychology is especially noted. The wide presentation of the results to the scientific community and their introduction into pedagogical practice are highlighted.

Keywords

• cultural-historical psychology
• l.s. vygotsky
• faculty of psychology
• moscow state university
• history of psychology
• interdisciplinary research
• theoretical research
• empirical research