1. The development of Vygotsky's thought : an introduction to Thinking and speech / Norris Minick -- 2. L.S. Vygotsky and contemporary developmental psychology / James V. Wertsch and Peeter Tulviste -- 3. On the social nature of human cognition : an analysis of the shared intellectual roots of George Herbert Mead and Lev Vygotsky / Jaan Valsiner and René van der Veer -- 4. The concept of activity in Soviet psychology : Vygotsky, his disciples and critics / Alex Kozulin -- 5. Dialogue, difference and voice in the zone of proximal development / J. Allan Cheyne and Donato Tarulli -- 6. Practice, person, social world / Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger -- 7. Non scolae sed vitae discimus : toward overcoming the encapsulation of school learning / Yrjö Engeström -- 8. Social memory in Soviet thought / David Bakhurst -- 9. Putting culture in the middle / Michael Cole -- 10. The zone of proximal development as basis for instruction / Mariane Hedegaard -- 11. Signifying in the zone of proximal development / Carol D. Lee -- 12. Social constructivist perspectives on teaching and learning / Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar.