The problem of the environment in paedology and its pedagogical implications

Abstract

This paper searches the pedagogical implications for early childhood education presented in the lecture given by Vygotsky about the environment and its influence on child development. It points out the author's methodology as he brings up his arguments initiating the listeners and readers in the dialectical thinking, challenge to be faced by readers educated in the logical thinking but aiming to understand Vygotsky's studies. It elects two arguments brought by Vygotsky in the mentioned conference: the oral language and its meaning for the influence of the environment on human development in early childhood and the development singularities in childhood which consists on the following: that which it is possible to achieve at the end and as the result of the developmental process, is present in the environment from the very beginning and influences and guides the child's development. Both arguments brought by Vygotsky in this conference start off a revolution in the way teachers think and act in young children education.