Early Childhood Programs as the Doorway to Social Cohesion - Application of Vygotsky's Ideas from an East-West Perspective(Pevná vazba)

Over the past decade, early childhood education and care has moved onto the policy agenda in many countries. There is growing recognition that early access to quality education and appropriate care provides young children with a good and fair start in life. While scientific research constantly brings new insights into brain development and the enormous importance of the first years of a child's life, the early 20th century theories of one Russian psychologist, Lev S. Vygotsky (1896-1934), have had profound and diverse impacts upon the early childhood education traditions in both the East and the West and remain highly relevant today. Recently, more than 750 early childhood education researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and NGO activists from around the world met in Prague at Exploring Vygotsky's Ideas: Crossing Borders, the 17th Annual Conference of the European Early Childhood
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