Vygotsky`s Social Constructionist View on Disability: A ...

1 Vygotsky`s Social Constructionist View on Disability: A Methodology for Inclusive Education Author: Katarina A. Rodina, PhD-Research Fellow, MSc. Speech and Language Pathology, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1140 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: Phone: +47 22 85 81 38 Fax: + 47 22 85 80 21 2 A short summary This article analyses Vygotsky`s Social Constructionist view on disability and its practical implementation in contemporary inclusive education. The article focuses on the main concepts in Vygotsky`s theory on dysontogenesis (presented as a Social Constructionist view on disability), constituting the cultural-historical psychological basis for the Russian model in the contemporary inclusive preschool education.

4 approach implies a favourable societal view on children with disabilities, giving preference to strengthening and empowerment of individual skills rather than the traditional stress on weaknesses or deviations. This article will mainly focus …

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