“Inner Spring” of Elena Kravtsova: A Word about a Scientist and a Friend

Abstract

This scientific essay focuses on the work and personality of an outstanding psychologist E.E. Kravtsova, who passed away in spring 2020, on the eve of her anniversary. Continuing the work of her grandfather L.S. Vygotsky, she regarded it not as a “family” matter, but as common heritage, where new forms of social practice, primarily educational, emerge.

Keywords

• e.e. kravtsova
• l.s. vygotsky
• cultural-historical psychology
• zone of proximal development
• play
• communication
• education
• developmental learning