Question

What did Vygotsky mean by Child-in-Activity-in Context? What is Culture?

Answer 1

Child-in-Activity-in Context according to Vygotsky is the explanation of any action of a child because of his culture. the activity of the child is, permeated with and affected by culture, and reciprocally affects culture’s dynamics and transformations. The play is no exception. Culture permeates and is affected by children’s play in two major ways: creative assimilation, or interpretive reproduction of meso- and macro-cultural aspects of the social environment (routines, rules, values); and construction of shared meanings and routines that constitute the micro-culture of peer groups.