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Before Western Educational<br />

Philosophy Met Vygotsky…<br />

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who greatly<br />

impacted how educators understand cognitive<br />

development. His theories, while acknowledging the role of<br />

social interaction, do not place significant emphasis on<br />

culture.<br />

Vygotsky and Piaget were born the same year, 1896, but<br />

the work of Piaget was well known in the West long before<br />

Vygotsky’s s work became widely known.

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