TY - JOUR
T1 - The early history of the scaffolding metaphor
T2 - Bernstein, Luria, Vygotsky, and before
AU - Shvarts, Anna
AU - Bakker, Arthur
PY - 2019/2/27
Y1 - 2019/2/27
N2 - Given the growing interest in the scaffolding process, it is worthwhile to address competing accounts about the origin of this term. The concept was empirically introduced by Wood, Bruner, and Ross in 1976 and has often been associated with the “zone of proximal development” in the writing of L.S. Vygotsky. We trace the origins of it in instances of the term being used by Nikolai Bernstein and Alexander Luria, as well as in Vygotsky’s notebooks. Our historical search helps to highlight the theoretical connection between this metaphor and the teaching/learning versus development opposition, and its relation to motor control development.
AB - Given the growing interest in the scaffolding process, it is worthwhile to address competing accounts about the origin of this term. The concept was empirically introduced by Wood, Bruner, and Ross in 1976 and has often been associated with the “zone of proximal development” in the writing of L.S. Vygotsky. We trace the origins of it in instances of the term being used by Nikolai Bernstein and Alexander Luria, as well as in Vygotsky’s notebooks. Our historical search helps to highlight the theoretical connection between this metaphor and the teaching/learning versus development opposition, and its relation to motor control development.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062343796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10749039.2019.1574306
DO - 10.1080/10749039.2019.1574306
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062343796
SN - 1074-9039
VL - 26
SP - 4
EP - 23
JO - Mind, Culture, and Activity
JF - Mind, Culture, and Activity
IS - 1
ER -