Cultural-historical psychology and the activity approach in the studies of modern education: сomments

Abstract

With reference to the Presentation of the colleague Lucisano of the Sapienza University, the author stresses the still great meaning of the KIP by Vygotskij for a correct understanding of today’s needs for education and instruction in Europe. Expecially the further analysis and deepening of KIP by Davydov predisposes a full understanding of the learning activity as a way not for competing, but for attaining a general growth of the entire human personality. The project for a new Programme on “Historical cultural psychology and Activity Theory Approach in Instruction”, existing in Moscow at the Psycho-pedagogical University and cared for by a team of Vygotskian followers engaged in the realizing of it, demonstrates the strong potential connection between the KIP theory and the social needs of present-day society. Moreover, a new historical-cultural school was projected and will be opened in Russia.

Keywords

• KIP
• science- foundation
• Social ties of instruction
• new master programme