P.Y. Galperin's Development of Human Mental Activity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-lx

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2. The Development of Mental Actions and the Orienting Basis of Actions

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 1-17Open Access

3. The Phases of the Development of Mental Actions

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 19-31Open Access

4. The Conditions for the Development of the Properties of the Action. The Phases of the Development of the Action

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 33-46Open Access

5. The Process of Internalisation. Theoretical and Practical Implications of the Study on the Phases of the Development of Mental Actions

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 47-63Open Access

6. Psychological Grounds of the Development of Ideal Actions and Concepts

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 65-74Open Access

7. Development of Sensory Images

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 75-83Open Access

8. Development of Physical Actions

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 85-95Open Access

9. Psychological Grounds of the Process of Automation

   • Irina Engeness

   Pages 97-103Open Access

10. Back Matter

    Pages 105-126

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This open access book introduces the legacy of Piotr Galperin to a wider audience of researchers, educators and psychologists.  Previous translations of Galperin’s work present only some aspects of his conceptual thinking; however, his main contribution to the general, genetic and pedagogical psychology as a unique holistic and systemic approach to studying of psychological phenomena and processes, mechanisms of their formation and development, is still quite unknown in most parts of the world.

The eight lectures chosen for the book have been translated from Russian for the first time, and they belong to the Study of the Formation of Human Mental Activity from Galperin’s collection of the Lectures in Psychology (Galperin, 2002). These eight lectures present the central ideas of Galperin’s pedagogical theory, and they conceptualise learning to learn approach and argue how teaching and learning process can enhance the development of higher mental functions with learners and therefore enhance the development of students as learners. These ideas may be of primary importance to educational practitioners and researchers interested in developmental learning and teaching approach given the current concerns of educational practice that schools struggle to prepare students for their adult and the need to develop the capacity in lifelong learning with students in the 21st century.

• Galperin Lectures in psychology
• P.Y. Galperin
• Piotr Galperin
• Cultural-historical theory
• Socio-cultural theory
• Learning and development
• Learning to learn
• Teaching and learning
• Vygotsky
• Leontiev
• Davydov
• Development of human mental activity
• Open access
• learning and instruction

• Faculty of Education, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway

  Irina Engeness

Irina Engeness is Associate Professor in ICT in Education at the Faculty of Education, Østfold University College in Norway. She has written about learning and teaching with digital technology, Lev Vygotsky and Piort Galperin pedagogical theory. Her research interests include the complexity of learning and teaching with digital technology and how digital and other resources can enhance students’ agentic capacity in learning to learn.